Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hi, I'm Carley, and I'm a proud Appalachian. Appalachia is a very specific and often misunderstood region of the South. And yes, ...

The physical isolation of Appalachian hollows created a culture of radical self-reliance that still defines how mountain communities relate to one another today. Generations of shared economic ...

Get a taste for what’s cooking in Virginia’s Appalachia Appalachian cuisine is a great cultivation of different cultures; so, we travel to Bristol, Abingdon, Cedar Bluff and Castlewood Virginia to get ...

Appalachia—a region that stretches from Mississippi to New York—has historically been recognized as a socially and economically disadvantaged part of the United States, and growing evidence suggests ...

Editor’s Note: Challenging binaries and stereotypes, “Swing” is a pop-up series that paints a nuanced portrait of America through photography of the day-to-day lives of overlooked people and ...

Schools were running online and libraries were closed. But across Appalachia their parking lots were crowded in the evening. Why? Because that’s where parents and students could get the internet ...

For over a decade, photographer Stacy Kranitz has been working in Appalachia. The fruits of that labor are now available in her book, “As It Was Give(n) To Me,” recently published by Twin Palms ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Life expectancy in Appalachia, a region that stretches from Mississippi to New York, lags behind the ...

Being an atheist in Burlington, Vermont, is one thing. Being an atheist in Amory, Mississippi, is quite another. For example, according to Pew’s Religious Landscape Survey, only 41 percent or people ...

We visit quilting bees, meetings, shows, and talk with a quilt historian. You might have a cherished one on your bed or know someone who’s made one or maybe made one yourself- it’s all about quilting ...