Heating an Appalachian home required an almost unimaginable amount of firewood. Families spent months chopping, splitting, ...

WHITESBURG, Ky.WHITESBURG, Ky. — The raging floodwaters that left dozens dead or missing in eastern Kentucky also swept away some of the region’s irreplaceable history. Appalshop, a cultural center ...

This commentary concludes a series from the 13 states in the Appalachian Regional Commission. ARC is an economic development agency of the federal government and state governments focusing on 420 ...

Hi, I'm Carley, and I'm a proud Appalachian. Appalachia is a very specific and often misunderstood region of the South. And yes, while the Appalachian Mountains range from Newfoundland, Canada, to ...

I was born in 1946 and raised in a Black coal mining family at the foot of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak, in Harlan County. From its summit, during my frequent hikes as a teenager, I could ...

That light was especially symbolic at Christmas when settlers in frontier Appalachia — many of them Scot-Irish — faced hard ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. -- The raging floodwaters that left dozens dead or missing in eastern Kentucky also swept away some of the region's irreplaceable history. Appalshop, a cultural center known for ...

The raging floodwaters that left dozens dead or missing in eastern Kentucky also swept away some of the region's irreplaceable history. Appalshop, a cultural center known for chronicling Appalachian ...

There’s a warm, welcoming spirit to life in Appalachia, writes West Virginia author Kathleen Jacobs, and it shares connections with Danish traditions recently gaining in popularity. The Danes’ concept ...

”The Appalachian Spirit,” a 60-card deck that pays tribute to Appalachian life includes a cards “See Rock City” barns, a newt and pepperoni rolls. Provided From nostalgic foods like pepperoni rolls ...

This story was originally published by the Lexington Herald-Leader. I was born in 1946 and raised in a Black coal mining family at the foot of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak, in Harlan County ...