After five years in West Virginia, the world's largest recovery-based music festival is bringing hope to the hills of eastern ...

Part 1. How the fall of the coal industry changed politics in eastern Kentucky: The decline of coal jobs caused economic collapse in eastern Kentucky. In the 1970s, Pike County was one of the ...

Cancer incidence and mortality rates are declining in Appalachia, but they are still significantly higher than among ...

The prison has been controversial, with some supporting the prospect for jobs but others raising concerns including mass ...

On a freezing cold Wednesday afternoon in eastern Kentucky, Taysha DeVaughan joined a small gathering ... joined some two ...

However, rates of cancer incidence and death are going down, if slowly, in Appalachia. Rates of new cases in Appalachia have ...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Appalachian Wireless has been serving Eastern Kentucky since 1991. Headquartered in Ivel in Floyd County ...

While thousands of Eastern Kentucky residents were without power, cable, Internet and other services for a time during the recent winter storm events, it was business as usual for ...

A prominent benefit concert, which features top music names and benefits Appalachian nonprofit efforts, is relocating to Boyd County, Kentucky. Healing Appalachia, produced by the charity Hope in the ...

Still, improvements lag behind those seen elsewhere in the United States MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Appalachia has a rich history and gorgeous landscapes, but it has also ...