PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - The WYMT telethon “APPALACHIA RISING ABOVE” was a huge success, raising $155,000 to help flood ...

J.D. Vance's claim to fame was his book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture ... as a young man navigating poverty in contemporary Southern Appalachia. In what The Washington ...

Main Street, in Beattyville, Lee County, Ky., a community of 8,000 people deep in the Appalachian Mountains, July 29, 2020. – AP Photo / Bryan Woolston Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Report for America ...

The Bridge Project, an unconditional cash transfer program, aims to support mothers during pregnancy and infancy. The program, based out of New York, has expanded to six states, including Kentucky ...