Frank Ahrens, Author at 100 Days in Appalachia

Fall of Local News Did Not Bring Us Authoritarianism in Washington but Might Lead to it Elsewhere

Paul Glastris, editor of the Washington Monthly, a small but influential left-leaning political publication, wrote a piece this summer provocatively headlined, “Did the Fall of Local...

Political8 months ago

U.S. – China Trade Dispute Could Put Blockbuster WV Energy Deal in Jeopardy

When China Energy’s unprecedented $84 billion investment in West Virginia was announced late last year, many people – including me – said it could be a...

Political8 months ago

U.S. – Canada Spat Shines Spotlight on Importance of Global Trade to West Virginia

The ongoing war of words between the White House and the Canadian Prime Minister, and threatened tariffs from both sides, are clear reminders of how much...

Election Watch9 months ago

Donald Trump Jr. to Campaign in for Morrisey in WV, as Dad’s Takeover of GOP Continues

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, the Republican candidate trying to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in November’s election, is bringing Donald Trump Jr. to...

Appalachia9 months ago

Blankenship’s Defeat Is Part of a Hopeful Trend

There’s a saying in journalism: “Three of anything makes a trend.” I’m hoping that perhaps two things make a trend — this one a trend back...

Appalachia10 months ago

The Virginias and the Koreas: More Alike Than You Know

Having grown up in West Virginia and after living for three years in South Korea, the ongoing thaw in relations between North and South Korea got...

100 Days in Appalachia

Frank Ahrens

Stories By Frank Ahrens

Fall of Local News Did Not Bring Us Authoritarianism in Washington but Might Lead to it Elsewhere

U.S. – China Trade Dispute Could Put Blockbuster WV Energy Deal in Jeopardy

U.S. – Canada Spat Shines Spotlight on Importance of Global Trade to West Virginia

Donald Trump Jr. to Campaign in for Morrisey in WV, as Dad’s Takeover of GOP Continues

Blankenship’s Defeat Is Part of a Hopeful Trend

The Virginias and the Koreas: More Alike Than You Know

Listen: Exploring Appalachia’s Historic Roots in the U.K.

When W.Va. Delegate Compared LGBT to KKK, He Highlighted the History of Religious Right Prejudice

How Do You Reinvent a Rural Economy? $100 at a Time

Appalachians Share Solutions for Coal Transition with Congress

Large Natural Gas Producer to Pay West Virginia Plaintiffs $53.5 Million to Settle Royalty Dispute

Local Newspaper Closures Polarize Voters, Choke Political Progress

EPA To Limit PFAS Chemical Contaminants Found In Some Ohio Valley Water Systems

Fact-check: Did Obamacare Premiums Rise 160 percent in West Virginia in Four Years?

Coach Kellie: A Tiny West Virginia High School is Making Football History

Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed

‘Tip Of the Spear’: As Customers Beg For Clean Water, Is a Crisis Looming In Appalachia?

West Virginia High School Seniors Might Not Vote the Way You Think

This Ohio Paint Production Experiment Creates Art — and Potentially Jobs — From Polluted Mine Sites

Farmington No. 9: The West Virginia Disaster that Changed Coal Mining Forever

20th Century America Is Never Returning

From an Urban Journalist: Times Prints Another Tired Stereotype of Appalachia