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Medication and Recovery: Doctors Say Access to Critical Addiction Care is Difficult in Appalachia
Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or visit findtreatment.gov. Matt Carroll has stories to tell –…
We’ve all seen the call to action: “If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.”…
As an Appalachian who is painfully aware of our history, I found it took some nerve for Conor Sen to write in all seriousness under the…
For the past several months, Sen. Joe Manchin has been the subject of national and international headlines alike. With the tight Democratic…
You Want to Understand Joe Manchin? You Have to Understand West Virginia Politics First.
For the past several months, Sen. Joe Manchin has been the subject of national and international headlines alike. With the tight Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, the moderate Democrat from West Virginia, first elected in 2010, has had…
Remembering the Stories of Those Who Gave Their Lives at Blair Mountain
William Greer died on August 28, 1921. He had been a coal miner living at the Stone Mountain Coal Camp in Mingo County, West Virginia. On May 19, 1920, Baldwin-Felts Detectives evicted Greer and his family because he had joined the…
Commentary: Granting the Sacklers Immunity is a Miscarriage of Justice
“And they wonder why folks don’t trust the vaccine.” That was my first thought when I saw the news last week that the Sacklers – the owners of Purdue Pharma and the family behind OxyContin and by extension the opioid crisis – have been…
Photos: Alabama Union Miners Enter Fourth Month of Strike, Thousands Rally for Wages and Benefits
Some 2,000 coal miners and allies attended a rally in Brookwood, Alabama, Wednesday in support of local United Mine Workers members as they enter the fourth month of a strike over contract negotiations with Warrior Met Coal. The strike, which…
Places of Worship in West Virginia Grapple with COVID’s Impact on Holiday Services
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring, Pastor Nancy White has shifted the way members of her congregation at the Milton Methodist Church in Milton, West Virginia, worship together. Initially, the virus closed the church,…
How One University Mascot Has Influenced Generations of West Virginians
West Virginia University’s mascot, the Mountaineer, is a big deal in the state. In fact, fans are called ‘Mountaineer Nation.’ West Virginians have long identified with the mascot as it symbolizes independence, strength and curiosity —…
Appalachia Remembers: 20 Years Since 9/11
On September 11, 2001, I was in the sixth grade at Washington Irving Middle School in Clarksburg, West Virginia. We were sitting in homeroom taking the lunch count when my math teacher walked over from next door and told us to turn on…
