Each summer a pop-up clinic in Wise County, Virginia providing free medical, dental and vision care attracts thousands of people from a multi-state region — along with journalists eager to write about the healthcare needs of poor people in Appalachia. British philanthropist Stan Brock founded Remote Area Medical (RAM) in […]
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A national bump in coal production that started in mid-2016 may be pausing or even coming to an end, although overall job growth and production in Central Appalachia continues to grow. The downtick in production figures was reported Thursday by SNL Energy, a publication produced by S&P Global Market Intelligence. […]
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A group of lawmakers had made quick work of a stack of bills and appeared to have completed the day’s business when, with just a spare few minutes remaining in session, a delegate rose with an unexpected motion. “Mr Speaker, I move we suspend the rules to introduce a new […]
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Until a few years ago, Kathryn Skelley-Watts lived a packed life. She ran a vegetable farm with her partner in Yancey County, North Carolina, and in her off-time she skated with the Blue Ridge Rollergirls of Asheville. Then, one night in May 2015, after returning home from a friend’s birthday […]
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Fiery socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders didn’t win all of Appalachia in his insurgent 2016 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. On Super Tuesday, March 1, Hillary Clinton rolled in southern Appalachia, winning every county in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, as well most of eastern Tennessee. Sanders lost Virginia but […]
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Appalachian Virginia received another lesson last week in its ongoing education on political math. In the state’s Democratic and Republican primaries, the region voted for liberal populist Tom Perriello and Confederate-defending, conservative firebrand Corey Stewart, respectively. Both lost to more establishment-oriented candidates who succeeded in winning in Virginia’s three major […]
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