Families all across the world pass on traditions and it is no exception in Appalachia. Traditions like making apple butter in the fall, or celebrating Christmas morning at mamaws, or picking ramps at that secret spot in the spring, or even just going to church on Sunday. But for one […]

For many people in central Appalachia, coal mining doesn’t just mean jobs or the ability to earn a good living right out of high school. For some, coal is an identity, a culture, and one that is not exclusive to the coalfields of West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky. West Virginia […]