Jennifer Skinner
6 posts
While Rebuilding, Rainelle Residents Hear ‘The Song and the Sound of the Nails, and it’s Like Music to Your Ears’
Part 4 of 4: Remembering the Flood On Friday morning, June 24, 2016, people woke up to heartbreaking news…
June 22, 2017
‘I Kept Thinking, Surely Somebody Will Come’
Part 3 of 4: Remembering the Flood On June 23, 2016 flood tore through southern West Virginia killing…
June 22, 2017
‘Everything’s Getting Flooded Downstairs, But You Just Go Upstairs and Wait’
Part 2 of 4: Remembering the Flood One of the deadliest and most destructive floods recorded in West…
June 22, 2017
If There’s Another Flood, ‘I Certainly Won’t Wait for Anybody to Call Me. I’ll Just Come Down, Start Paddling’
Part 1 of 4: Remembering the Flood The town of Rainelle woke up Thursday morning of June 23,…
June 22, 2017
This photography project aims to fight the stereotype that Appalachia equals poverty
Take a look through Roger May’s crowd-sourced photography project Looking at Appalachia and you’ll gain a perspective of the region…
February 12, 2017
In Clay County, West Virginia, Trump’s inauguration brings hope of coal’s revival — even for youth
Tears of hope welled in the young eyes of Dakota Vaughan as he watched Donald Trump officially become…
January 21, 2017