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COVID-19 Patients Swamp Rural Hospitals
The nation’s pandemic hotspots have shifted to rural communities, overwhelming small hospitals that are running out of beds…
COVID-19 Complicates the Struggle to Stay for Young Appalachians
For her senior year of college, Hannah Adams is staying home. Although Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky,…
Domestic Violence in Rural America Increases During Pandemic
Rising economic pressures during the pandemic and limited access to transportation contributed to a rise in physical violence…
Billions in COVID Relief Has Gone to Farmers. Just Not Black or Family-Owned Farms in Appalachia.
It’s been seven years since the second round of settlements promised to Black farmers in a two-part class…
In the Ohio River Valley, the Petrochemical Boom Is on Hold
At a marina in Moundsville, West Virginia, Dan Williamson looked out across the Ohio River at a quiet…
COVID-19 Costs Ohio Valley Hospitals Billions, Putting Some Rural Hospitals At Risk Of Closing
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. In April, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Greenup…