How Appalachia Is Growing Its Outdoor Economy Through Collaborations and Capacity Building
All across Appalachia, there are examples of a growing outdoor economy. Damascus, Virginia, hosts thousands of bicyclists a…
Rural Students Are Less Likely to Go to College. Will the Pandemic Make Things Even Tougher?
COVID-19 has complicated everything about college — applications, classes, living arrangements and extracurricular activities. Some administrators are trying…
Employment, Education, Health Services Flow through Rural Counties’ Fiber
After a $50 million investment in a fiber-to-the-home network, two Eastern Kentucky counties are starting to reap benefits,…
Job Program Helps People In Recovery Rebuild Houses – And Their Lives
The Housing Development Alliance in Hazard, Kentucky, found that volunteers referred by the Drug Court were some of…
Guitars, Jobs and Music: Startup Business Hopes to Build on Mountain Traditions
A nonprofit school of luthiery in Eastern Kentucky is helping develop an instrument-building company that will build the…