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 ...

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 ...

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

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates ...

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

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 ...

OpEd: EKU President David McFaddin says his school is ready to open a College of Osteopathic Medicine to help fill a crucial physician shortage.

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 ...