If you’re not from Appalachia, Kendra Winchester wants to help you better understand the region. If you’re from Appalachia, she hopes to help you read about yourself. It’s why she started the ”bookstagram” account @readappalachia – an Instagram account focused on highlighting the work of Appalachian authors. “Bookstagram is the […]
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Amber Bjornsson says she had a “true heart change” while serving a two-year prison sentence for the years of fines and felonies she previously collected. Once her sentence was complete, Bjornsson moved into a recovery home. As Bjornsson returned to life outside of incarceration, she started to see the full […]
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For her senior year of college, Hannah Adams is staying home. Although Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, is open, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed life on campus. “Meals are all takeout. Student groups can’t meet. I felt like I’d be more isolated there than if I stayed home,” Adams […]
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When CNHI closed two newspapers in northeast Kentucky, the former employees weren’t ready to quit. As a one-man reporter for two newspapers in Carter County, Kentucky, Jeremy Wells never had time to cover school board meetings. Wells was an hourly employee for CNHI, the corporate entity that owned Grayson Journal-Enquirer […]
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