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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

Ray Saul, who grew up in Bardstown, Kentucky, said there was a "touch of acceptance" in her hometown. She found more support at Western Kentucky University, where she is a student and vice president of the Queer Student Union. Photo: Austin Anthony/Daily Yonder

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Youth in Appalachia

‘It Sucks That I Have to Be Scared’: Conversations with Rural LGBTQ Young People

The LGBTQ youth in rural America faces a challenging environment. Some progress has been made in the last…

bySkylar Baker-Jordan/The Daily Yonder

February 8, 2023