Georgia poet and author Rupert Fike and I lived in the San Francisco Bay area during the 1970s in a time of social ...

The Appalachian Trail Museum, located in Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Gardners, Pennsylvania, inducted new member's into ...

The nearly 50,000 people who moved to Cincinnati from Appalachia 70 years ago found their new home was much different than the one they left behind. A rural, sparse area of rolling hills was replaced ...

Americans’ general perceptions of the Appalachian region and its people don't agree with the facts about its diverse population and history, according to a history professor who is considered a ...

If Trump VP pick J.D. Vance's memoir sparked your interest in Appalachian literature, read these books next Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024 ...

This story was originally published by the Lexington Herald-Leader. I was born in 1946 and raised in a Black coal mining family at the foot of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak, in Harlan County ...

Long-distance hikers have a few things in common with people serving in the military. Not only do they carry heavy packs for miles on end, but people who were once strangers tend to form close bonds ...

For Terry Wise, the Appalachian Trail was so special that he made it his home. But now, with Hurricane Helene leaving hundreds of miles of the trail in ruins, the future of his business and the ...

In celebration of our 50th year, we're looking back at some of our favorite reads over the decades Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her ...

Six months ago the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit the Appalachian region. Flooding killed scores of people, and millions lost water and power. Now, archivists are trying to preserve that history.