U.S. Vice President JD Vance built his name on a caricature, a hillbilly morality play dressed up as sociology. His bestselling “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” was sold ...

We have all heard the term “Appalachia” or “Appalachian” — but few know the true origins of the word and how it has evolved to encompass communities spanning 10 or more states along the Appalachian ...

Appalachian ghost stories of the eerie terrain have been told for hundreds of years, passed down from generation to generation. The mountain range is approximately 1,500 miles, going through 15 states ...

The Healing Appalachia music festival brought tens of thousands of people to the Boyd County Fairgrounds in Ashland, Kentucky, Sept. 18-20, combining nationally recognized artists with a message of ...

Brace for another huge influx of visitors this weekend. Healing Appalachia concert will be at Boyd County Fairgrounds. In previous years, it was held at the West Virginia State Fairgrounds in ...

Two years ago, Parkway Playhouse’s director of marketing, Cheyenne Dancy, pitched the idea of founding a playwriting festival specifically focused on work about Appalachia and written by regional ...

KINGSPORT — Create Appalachia of Kingsport is extending a call for local artists to display work in a new exhibit, “Enigmatic Encounters: Hidden in Plain Sight” to Sept. 8.

Forget the East and West coasts—some of the scrappiest and most determined founders are launching startups in the heart of Appalachia. FoundersForge, based in Johnson City, Tennessee, spent the past ...

Last month, hyperpop wunderkind Glaive released his first music of the year with the really good single "Asheville." Now, he's back with "Appalachia," which seems to announce a new era for the North ...

The Matthew Perry Foundation has announced a new official partnership with Healing Appalachia, the nation’s largest recovery-based music festival set to take place on Sept. 19–20 in Ashland, KY. The ...

The family-friendly event was founded by Tyler Childers and his team at WhizzbangBAM! and has since distributed more than $1 million to provide a spectrum of prevention, recovery and wellness aid. By ...

Back in the days before child labor laws — and before it became conventional wisdom that no young person could develop proper character without playing two dozen sports, mastering three instruments ...