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The Federal Website That’s Supposed to Help ‘Find Treatment’ Needs Work, Experts Say
Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or visit findtreatment.gov. Last year more than 100,000 people…
Driving on Route 329, near Athens in the spring is a welcome respite after another long COVID winter. The grass on southeast Ohio’s rolling…
Last year, I posted this tweet: “Appalachian folks: I’m hunting for some @InAppalachia story ideas. What’s something your momaw made…
More than a century before the likes of Purdue Pharma began flooding Appalachian communities with opioids and destroying lives, giant…
Appalachian Virginia Needs Workers. This Program Is Trying to Bring Them In.
Appalachian Virginia has a workforce problem. “We constantly hear [companies say], ‘We’re advertising positions, but we can’t find people to fill them,’” said Evan Feinman. He serves as executive director for the Virginia Tobacco Commission.…
Keep Your ‘Elegy’: The Appalachia I Know Is Very Much Alive
Ivy Brashear is the March 2022 host of 100 Days’ Creators and Innovators newsletter series. Sign up for the weekly email here. She backed her Cadillac long-ways across the one-lane road in front of her house, lit the Virginia Slim in…
‘Recovery is Possible’: National Addiction Expert Discusses Stigma, Recovery
Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or visit findtreatment.gov. For more than a year, a team of folks from 100 Days in Appalachia and the Opioid Policy…
Black Appalachian Coalition Aims to Shift Narrative on Energy, Other Issues
Appalachia’s people of color have borne greater social and economic burdens, on average, than their White counterparts, but their stories are often left out of policy discussions about energy and other issues in the region. A new…
Commentary: Celebrating Another Ramadan in a Pandemic Has Meant Learning Patience and Perseverance in Times of Uncertainty
The spring semester of college for me has been quite a spiral. My days consist of spending many hours finishing assignments and attending my lectures, but also fasting from sunrise to sunset and trying to spend more time reading the…
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 —…
‘A Life-defining Year’: We’re Marking One Year of Publishing the Stories of Appalachian Youth
For the past week, I’ve plopped down to write about the one-year mark of a project we thought would last roughly eight weeks. Last October, we launched the Appalachian Youth Creators vertical, because we wanted to give young people space to…
