The Appalachian region continues to suffer the highest rate of mortality in the nation from so-called ‘diseases of despair.” ...

NPR's Pam Fessler was told that Eastern Kentuckians would be reluctant to talk because they were tired of being depicted as the poster children of... In Appalachia, Poverty Is In The Eye Of The ...

Maddie McGarvey has photographed Appalachian Ohio for her entire career. (Photo courtesy of Maddie McGarvey) Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the ...

Before she was the Queen of Country Music and a superstar, Dolly Parton was living a humble life in Appalachia. Born in ...

Nearly a year has passed since a rare "hundred year flood" devastated the Appalachian region of eastern Kentucky, an area known as "the mountains" that was already stricken by extreme poverty and ...

Something unexpected is happening in the ancient hills of Appalachia. A region long associated with economic hardship, coal mines, and decline is now being rebranded, quietly but unmistakably, as one ...