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Poverty has fallen across most Appalachian states, but coalfield poverty rates are consistently nearly double the national rate of 12.4%. In many counties in Eastern Kentucky, poverty is double ...

Long before a book could arrive in a child’s mailbox with the help of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, there were women in ...

The mountain bond runs so deep it survives distance, decades, and outsiders getting it wrong.

Since its launch, Ballad Health’s Appalachian Highlands Care Network has coordinated more than $121 million in donated care for uninsured patients and enrolled more than 12,000 participants. For every ...

“A 21st-century Homestead Act offers compelling advantages for political leaders…For conservatives, it emphasizes individual responsibility, property ownership, and free market solutions…For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The region’s most economically distressed counties are in the coalfields of Central Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky’s ...