How I found recovery and redemption — and made amends to my community

Whether you are an expert in folk music or if you can’t tell a banjo from a mandolin, a new biography, “Doc Watson: A Life in Music,”

A unique art and music festival aims to celebrate Appalachian women while raising funds and awareness for domestic violence services

The internet has become fascinated with Appalachia's history of ghost stories. As people continue to post and discuss these stories online, the true history is getting lost in the chatter. Appalachia ...

After Hurricane Helene upended her plans, Betty Kellenberger completed the 2,200-mile hike from Georgia to Maine, setting a new age record on the legendary trail.

Announcing $3.7 million in grants from the Atlantic Hurricane Season Recovery Fund to support recovery in Florida and Appalachia.

This week, it's been a year since Hurricane Helene hit central Appalachia. From the start, the recovery has brought people together. Also, country music’s Rob McNurlin grew up with traditional music i...

The “emotional range of a teaspoon” refers to a person who possesses limited emotional capacity or understanding, as famously stated by Hermione Granger to Ron Weasley in "Harry Potter and

The move comes a week before a payment deadline for taxpayers who received extensions on their 2024 filings.

Thanks to a partnership with Green Forests Work – a nonprofit that reforests old mining land in Appalachia – listeners’ donations will lead to 1,283 trees being planted in eastern Kentucky next…

“Definitely saw some witches, stray dogs, safari guide, saw Slender Man out there,” — Bozeman ultra-runner Jeff Garmire of pursuing the Appalachian Trail record.

This report offers a window into the complex and extensive climate of censorship between July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

The music seems to spring from the earth, as if nurtured deep inside it.

Birding enthusiasts may be able to spot these 36 New World warbler species at Seven Islands State Birding Park in Kodak, Tennessee, this fall migration season.

Southwest Virginia Building Upgrade Program (SWVA Building UP) is a pilot program administered by Appalachian Voices to provide energy assessments, technical assistance and funding for energy efficiency upgrades for community-serving organizations in the Southwest Virginia coalfield region, such as non-profits, local governments and local small-businesses. The purpose of Building UP is to create more resilient, … Southwest Virginia Building Upgrade Program (SWVA Building UP) Read More »

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) —Full operations have now resumed at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Saturday morning, despite the ongoing federal government shutdown. This comes after a partne…

An estimated 22,000 jobs in the wind manufacturing industry could be created in Appalachian Kentucky and neighboring states in the coming decades, according to a new report from ReImagine Appalachia.

To start a broader conversation around responsible data center development across diverse stakeholder groups, this blog summarizes ongoing conversations from across our coalition - and some partner re...

Drive through the small towns of eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia or any part of Appalachia and the first thing that stands out is not the poverty or the abandoned factories. It is the chur…