The physical isolation of Appalachian hollows created a culture of radical self-reliance that still defines how mountain communities relate to one another today. Generations of shared economic ...

As a holiday gift to Appalachia’s 26.3 million residents, the Appalachian Regional Commission this week released a report detailing what it has done for them over the past few years. According to the ...

Rising Appalachia, a Millfield-based nonprofit, uses outdoor recreation and place-based education to connect Southeast Ohio ...

A woman who escaped her drug-addled hometown in rural Kentucky said Appalachia residents face similar problems as inner-city Black communities but get much less attention. "Some of the poor Black ...

When Erica Abrams Locklear discovered her Appalachian grandmother’s cookbook, she was shocked by what she found. It was filled with recipes for “traditional” mountain foods like apple stack cake and ...

ANDERSON CO., Tenn. (WATE) — Loretta Lynn’s death on Oct. 4 sent many searching for her music, finding familiar things in the words that she sang. The impact she made on Appalachia and the women who ...

Venerated food writer Ronni Lundy has spent a lifetime immersed in the magic of Appalachia. But as she notes in her latest book, Victuals (pronounced “vittles”), “maybe no area of our country is more ...

The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) has presented its latest Child of Appalachia award to Thomas B. Evans, an ...