Latest News — 100 Days in Appalachia

Q&A: A Black Journalist Turned Community Organizer Shares the Lessons They’ve Learned on How to Make Our Coverage of Race Equitable, Not Extractive

New Film ‘Holler’ Sheds Light on Struggles of Being Young in Appalachia

You Want to Understand Joe Manchin? You Have to Understand West Virginia Politics First.

To All the Morels We Found Before: On Finding Morels – and Finding Yourself – in Appalachia

Evictions at a Kentucky Trailer Park Highlight Appalachia’s Lack of Affordable Housing

Commentary: Poetry Gives Words to the Language of Survival for Appalachians

Commentary: Whether It’s Floyd’s Death or an Opioid Crisis, When the Defense Relies on Victim Blaming, Racism and Stigma Persist

Gayle Manchin Takes Helm of Appalachian Regional Commission as First West Virginian to Lead

‘An Ordinary Age’: A Q&A with Author Rainesford Stauffer on New Book and Young Adulthood

As Formerly Incarcerated People Return to Their Communities in W.Va., This Network of ‘Resource Brokers’ Is There to Guide Them

Essential Appalachia: When a Pandemic Changes Everything, This Is What We Hold Dear

‘You Can’t Google It’: The Exact Science of Appalachian Pull Candy

Reporting Locally on Domestic Extremism? Here’s How to Not Platform Their Violence, A Case Study

‘Rich, White, Reactionary’: A J.D. Vance Candidacy is a Con for Appalachia – Opinion

Bankrupt Purdue Pharma Spending Thousands to Keep West Virginia Court Records Secret

Holler, Y’all and Appalachian Drawls: My Childhood of Code Switching in Appalachia

Healthcare is Human: The Security Guard Who’s a Steady Presence in a Chaotic Pandemic

Here’s What the Federal Pause to Johnson & Johnson Vaccines Means for Central Appalachia

Commentary: For a Generation of Appalachians, COVID-19 Has Delayed Our Dreams. But We See the Light.

A ‘Fly on the Wall’: The West Virginian Who Chronicled State History for Five Administrations

Appalachian Youth Poetry: bloom

How Biden’s $2T Infrastructure Plan Will Impact Central Appalachia

TikTok and the Appalachian Aesthetic: What the Video Platform Means for the Region

These Appalachian Lawmakers are Working to Protect Black Mothers in the Region and Beyond

Meet the W.Va. Woman Who Took on Sexism to Break Barriers in the Legal Field – in the 1920s

Pandemic-Fueled Homebuying Puts New Pressure On Appalachia’s Real Estate Market

This N.C. Family Is Taking a ‘Gamble’ on Farming in Appalachia

W.Va. Lawmakers Remain Desperate to Prop Up the Dying Coal Industry. Residents are Paying the Cost With Higher Electric Bills.

Documenting the Appalachian Intifada: A Review of ‘So Much to be Angry About’

Q&A: Investigation Finds Rural North Carolina Lacks Necessary Care for Sexual Assault Survivors

Commentary: Why Small Towns Need Student Journalists

Commentary: In Appalachia, Women are the Change Our Communities Need

National Media Are Platforming Domestic Extremists, Leaving Local Journalists to Deal with the Fall Out. Here’s How We Can Do Better.

Local Economists Weigh In On Biden’s Recovery Plan for Region

Commentary: The Pandemic Pushed Me to Revisit Friendships That Fell Apart

‘The Opioid Epidemic and U.S. Culture’: New Book Sheds Light on Expressive Culture and Its Protests of Isolating Language Regarding Addiction

Vaccine Equity Is ‘North Star,’ Feds Say, and Clinics Are Key to Fair Distribution

Commentary: New Uses For Former Mine Lands Stop at Economic Potential, But Appalachian Species Are Thriving on Rehabilitated Sites

As COVID-19 Damages Black Appalachian Communities, This Mother, Daughter Team Are Working to Save an Unexpected Casualty: Black History

Analysis of Arrests Supports Scholars Who Say Political Extremism Is Not Rural Phenomenon

Horror Podcast ‘Old Gods of Appalachia’ Keeps Appalachian History and Folklore Alive Through Its Tales of the Undead

Commentary: Gun Violence Has Defined Gen Z’s School Life. Will the Capitol Breach Change Anything?

More Appalachians Are Dying from ‘Deaths of Despair.’ And COVID-19 Is Making It Worse.

5 Ways Biden Can Help Rural America Thrive and Bridge the Rural-Urban Divide

Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year

Commentary: A Coming of Age Reflection on Masculinity, Asexuality in the Mountain South

Commentary: Biden Shouldn’t Forget His Promise to Alleviate Student Loan Debt

Poll Finds Rural Residents More Hesitant to Get Vaccinated

Listen: Us & Them Podcast Feature 100 Days Reporting on BLM

Commentary: Remote Learning Highlights Inequities in Public Education. But A Premature Return to In-Person Learning Could Be Worse.

Here are the Voices the Giant Drug Distributors Don’t Want You to Hear

You Asked, We Answer: What Really Happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6?

A New Generation of Appalachian Jewish Farmers Is Going Way Back to the Land

Commentary: White Privilege Stormed the Castle, Er, Capitol

COVID Relief Is Coming To The Ohio Valley. But As Hunger Persists, Did It Arrive Too Late?

One-third of Rural Counties Lack Pharmacy Listed in Initial Vaccination Plan

Photos: Pro-Trump Mob Overtakes U.S. Capitol

When A Gas Plant Moves Next Door

Vaccine Misinformation: Preparing for Infodemic’s ‘Second Wave’

Secular ‘Values Voters’ Are Becoming an Electoral Force in the US – Just Look Closely at 2020’s Results

Our Top 10 Stories of 2020

ICYMI: Our Partner’s Top Stories of 2020

Is W.Va.’s Foster Care System Failing Children? A Look Inside An Agency Wrestling With Long-Term Reforms

On Kwanzaa and Kuumba with Birmingham’s Deidra Clark

In Knott County, KY, Gingerbread Is Remembered For Its Connection to Local Politics

Rural Infections Plateau at High Rate Heading into Holidays

Boilo and Belonging: A Northern Appalachian Christmas Tradition

For Black Communities Struggling with COVID-19, Decades of Mistreatment Have Led to a Breakdown of Trust in Healthcare

Racism in Healthcare is a ‘Fundamental Truth,’ and COVID-19 Has Intensified Its Impact in Appalachia

Places of Worship in West Virginia Grapple with COVID’s Impact on Holiday Services

When a West Virginia County Eliminated its Needle Exchange, Experts Forewarned of an HIV Crisis. Now it’s Here.

For Most Americans, the Local Presidential Vote Was a Landslide

Steal Our Stories (Well, Credit Us When You Republish)

Two Months After a Historic Unionization Vote, Nurses in Asheville Prepare for First Negotiations

The Inverted New Deal: Elites Vote Democratic; Working-Class, Republican

Pediatricians Want Kids to Be Part of COVID Vaccine Trials

Musicians are Workers, Too: Inside the Knoxville Symphony’s Struggle for Pandemic Pay

Where Did the First COVID Vaccines Go in Appalachia?

AppHarvest Promotes New Ag Methods in Appalachia

Demand for COVID Vaccines Expected to Get Heated — And Fast

Commentary: Critics Love the Book, Hate the Movie. What Gives with ‘Hillbilly Elegy’?

Commentary: Celebrating Hanukkah in the Age of COVID-19

Will Rural Hospitals Have to Return the Money Congress Gave Them for the Pandemic?

Federal Regulators Are Rewriting Environmental Rules So a Massive Pipeline Can Be Built Across West Virginia