Appalachia

How over 70 volunteers helped restore the Appalachian home where Hatfield-McCoy...

In what the main expert called "the largest volunteer historic preservation event in the history of America," 70 or more volunteers from several states...

Could an Appalachian food revival help revitalize a region’s economy?

Appalachian cuisine, which is quickly growing in popularity, could help revitalize a struggling economy, Jane Black reports for the Washington Post. "The foods of Central...

Central Appalachia coalfields, rural areas show big population losses in new...

Central Appalachian coal country took a significant hit in population from July 1, 2014 to July 1, 2015, according to county-level U.S. census figures...

While Central Appalachian coal mines shutter, Kentucky imports cheaper coal from...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.), an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan rules to require a one-third reduction in carbon...

Central Appalachian coal production down 40 percent in 2015 as production...

Coal production in the United States reached a 30-year low in 2015, according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration report released last Friday, Bobby...

Program to funnel millions to Appalachia for loans to, and investments...

Small businesses in Appalachia have a harder time attracting loans and investments, and the Appalachian Regional Commission has been working on the problem in the...