Shirley Blosser likes to keep track of her ancestors. She’s descended from four families in Meigs Township, Ohio. Out of the four, it’s the Spillman clan that can be the most challenging to think about. It’s their land that was dug up for coal, reshaped and planted in grass, and […]
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As we inch toward the end of 2022, our staff is looking back on some of our most memorable stories of the year. Explore our top stories yourself below. Ginseng and Big Pharma: How Appalachia Built an Industry that Would Later Exploit It by Luke Manget Luke Manget, author of […]
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“There is no one way to be a man – nor is there one way to be an Appalachian man. Our region contains multitudes and perhaps in no way is that truer than in the type of men you will find here.” Explore Mountain Grown, a series on masculinity in […]
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Upon 100 Days’ founding nearly five years ago, we created for ourselves a set of verticals that, despite the vastness and diversity of our region, speak to who we are as a people. Among those was religion. The commonality of deep faith spans organized religions here and often defines our […]
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As 2021 comes to a close, our staff has been reflecting on which stories impacted them this past year. From Chris Jones’ firsthand experience at the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to the longterm impacts of COVID-19 told from the perspective of a 6th grader in Alabama, this […]
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Published in August of this year, “English Lit” is Bernard Clay’s autobiographical poetry debut – one that took decades to complete. “A lot of the poems I started writing when I first started writing poetry back in high school,” Clay said. “So a lot of these poems are like time […]
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