Singer-songwriter Mon Rovîa's debut album, "Bloodline," chronicles his life from Liberia to Tennessee. His unique sound has ...

The Appalachian region, often celebrated for its rich history and stunning landscapes, is now gaining recognition for a different reason: ...

Ohio and Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, recently introduced the bicameral Main Street Lending Improvement Act of 2025, which ...

This week, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response ...

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

The life of a touring artist isn’t for the weak. As most fans and musicians are aware, artistic preservation demands a break from time to time to make space for re-centering, writing, and relaxing.

In this excerpt from “Beginning Again,” Nikki Giovanni offers an ode to the great people who call Appalachia home. I will raise my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come? My help comes ...

Terra Vance is a distant cousin of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, and has garnered an online following for her lessons on Appalachia. Critical of how he portrays the region in his ...

A new law, H.R. 1, cuts federal Medicaid funding and adds work reporting requirements for recipients. An estimated 200,000 Kentuckians are projected to lose health coverage by 2027 due to the law. The ...