On Thursday, the White House unveiled the first act in its effort to fight the opioid epidemic by harnessing the power of digital media and cable TV. A partnership between the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Truth Initiative, a nonprofit previously focused almost exclusively on […]
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Mississippi and Alabama, two of the southernmost Appalachian states, held their primaries on Tuesday, June 5. MISSISSIPPI The state of Mississippi will elect one of its Senators in the general election on November 6 and the second one in a special election. GOP voters picked the incumbent, Sen. Roger Wicker, […]
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When a rural community has an emergency, it’s all hands on deck. “Rural cannot afford bystanders” Robb Webb, Director of the Rural Church Program Area with the Duke Endowment, told the audience gathered in Durham Arts Council in introducing the keynote panel at the 2018 National Rural Assembly (21-23 May). […]
Read More KENTUCKY Kentuckians were next in line to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s (May 22) primaries. All six Congressional districts were up for grabs and both parties had candidates running in all of them. GOP politicians currently fill five of the Congressional seats. Rep. John Yarmuth is the only Democratic Incumbent […]
Read More Pennsylvania’s Tuesday primaries were another highly anticipated, bellwether political event this year, ahead of the November 6 midterm elections. Primaries took place after highly controversial Supreme Court ruling in January of this year that ordered a redrawing of the state’s 18 congressional districts. The new districts, previously shaped by Republican […]
Read More This Tuesday brought the first wave of primary elections before the House and Senate midterm elections on November 6. Some of the highest profile races that grasped the attention of the national media took place in Appalachia: West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. WEST VIRGINIA Among the most anticipated and […]
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