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Three Years after Lockdown, What COVID-19 Taught Us about Grief Traditions in Appalachia

COVID-19

byAmanda Held Opelt

March 16, 2023

A member of the Abundant Life Church serves barbeque chicken to an attendee of the dip dinner. About a dozen churches and faith communities partnered with several community organizations to prepare food for the event. Photo: Laura Harbert Allen/100 Days in Appalachia

Food and Faith: Church Dinners Have Served as Places to Build Community for Generations

Communities

byLaura Harbert Allen

March 2, 2023

‘When the Water Goes Down’: Eight Months Later, Eastern Kentucky Is Still Healing

A Changing Climate

bySkylar Baker-Jordan & P.B. Cooley

February 28, 2023

During his about a year-and-a-half stay at Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital in Huntington, Richard Rothermund gained 60 pounds and his health drastically declined. He died at age 40 on Dec. 17, 2021. Photos: Provided

For This W.Va. Family, Legislative Attention on ‘Warehousing’ People with Intellectual Disabilities at State Hospitals Is too Late

Access To Care

February 13, 2023

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A Lack of Bandwith

Life Without Broadband: ‘If the Wind is Blowing the Satellite isn’t Working.’

Lack of reliable broadband in this small Kentucky community comes with a high cost, residents say — jobs,…

byMimi Pickering, Benny Becker & Tim Marema

April 7, 2017