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Healing Appalachia, the flagship production of Hope in the Hills, a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization operated by an all-volunteer board of directors committed to combating the opioid crisis ...
Historian Nola Hadley Torres shares oral histories of Appalachian women who migrated to Cincinnati, OH, after WWII, revealing ...
Alongside talking to a founder of Appalachian Stringed Instrument Co. – who helps bring in people who have struggled with addiction, as the opioid crisis hit blue-collar workers – Hill ...
In true mountain style, Mr. Amburgey was related to “Uncle Ed” Thomas (1850-1933), credited with pioneering the Appalachian, or mountain, dulcimer with its heart-shaped sound holes and an ...
By mid-January in 2024, about 1,700 aspiring AT thru-hikers had registered for their hikes through the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC). The 2025 season is off to a slow start with about 1,200 ...
Rhythm Cafe MKE. Meet the Artist - Dandy L. Freling - May 23, 2023. Season 2023 Episode 22 | 17s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A Boot Stompin' Finger Pickin' Folkie A highway-kind traveler ...
A highway-kind traveler combining a touch of the high and lonesome hollers of the Appalachian hill people with the low-down, dusty grooves of the cosmic cowboys, ...
From Slavic Traditions to Appalachia—A World Away. Two months before the world locked down and seven months before the Belarusian revolution began, Appalachian musician Brett Hill and his Hill Spirits ...
In the late 1800s, rural Appalachians and indigenous people built a multimillion dollar industry out of folk botany, shared forest stewardship and business cunning. Across the region, independent ...
Appalachia Doesn't Need Saving, It Needs Respect. Chef Travis Milton celebrates the people and produce that make Appalachian food so special — but he had to learn to take care of himself first.