It takes place in the Appalachian Mountains, one of the oldest mountain ranges on Earth ... Mountaintop removal perpetuates poverty. It's highly mechanized and employs few people. The counties with ...

Some authors can tell a sad story but render it beautiful. That’s what Bobi Conn observed when she started reading books ...

Each year, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) ranks all 3,100 U.S. counties based on economic status, namely by their ...

Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains” is a collection of personal memories and those of author Cassie Chambers’ family members that narrate life in Kentucky’s thinly populated ...

A habitat-preservation effort is protecting 454 acres along the Appalachian Mountains in northwestern New Jersey, a land conservation group announced. The Nature Conservancy last week said it ...