During the presidential race, the stereotype of Appalachia once again reared its ugly head. The national media could not resist taking yet another potshot at the last place they can slander without ...

In the hunt to understand why some people get certain types of cancer and then have different outcomes, biomedical researchers look at genetic profiles and variables like age, gender, race, and other ...

Whitesburg, Kentucky, was an area once known for coal mining but most of those jobs have dried up. Limited opportunities force many residents to leave, but some are able to find their way back. And ...

Those living in Appalachia have long been accustomed to the idea there are greater risks to our health here than in many other regions. New research from the American College of Surgeons confirms that ...

Kilgore is an attorney in St. Paul and is involved in conservation, education and health care issues in the Virginia coalfields. During the presidential race, the stereotype of Appalachia once again ...

In this excerpt from “Beginning Again,” Nikki Giovanni offers an ode to the great people who call Appalachia home. I will raise my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come? My help comes ...

There was a time in Appalachia when every ridge and holler was lined with towering chestnut trees and the mountains glowed ...

The Appalachia Towers experience is providing lessors not only for the Redevelopment and Housing Authority but for other apartment complexes in Wise County. Some of those complexes may have a central ...

APPALACHIA — Town police have barricaded an apartment building in Appalachia in the wake of two COVID-19 cases. Appalachia Towers, where residents often sat outside in good weather to socialize and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Living Carbon, a public benefit company transforming degraded and underutilized land into high quality environmental assets, announced today that ...