IV Drug Use is Causing ‘Secondary Epidemics’ in Appalachia

By Kara Lofton / June 28, 2017

As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate lives throughout Appalachia, […]

Read More

Senator Capito of West Virginia Says She’ll Vote No on Current Republican Healthcare Bill

By Ashton Marra / June 27, 2017

Both of West Virginia’s U.S. Senators have now announced their […]

Read More

With Rallies, Sit-ins and Arrests, West Virginia Becomes a Flashpoint in the Debate Over Healthcare

By Kara Lofton & Dave Mistich / June 27, 2017

As the debate over proposed legislation on health care heats […]

Read More

While Rebuilding, Rainelle Residents Hear ‘The Song and the Sound of the Nails, and it’s Like Music to Your Ears’

By Jennifer Skinner / June 22, 2017

Part 4 of 4: Remembering the Flood On Friday morning, […]

Read More

‘I Kept Thinking, Surely Somebody Will Come’

By Jennifer Skinner / June 22, 2017

Part 3 of 4: Remembering the Flood On June 23, […]

Read More

‘Everything’s Getting Flooded Downstairs, But You Just Go Upstairs and Wait’

By Jennifer Skinner / June 22, 2017

Part 2 of 4: Remembering the Flood One of the […]

Read More

If There’s Another Flood, ‘I Certainly Won’t Wait for Anybody to Call Me. I’ll Just Come Down, Start Paddling’

By Jennifer Skinner / June 22, 2017

Part 1 of 4: Remembering the Flood The town of […]

Read More

How Two Candidates Won by 15+ Points in Appalachian Virginia — and Still Lost their Gubernatorial Primaries

By Mason Adams / June 20, 2017

Appalachian Virginia received another lesson last week in its ongoing […]

Read More

Sure, Appalachia Voted Heavily for Trump. But Not Everyone Here Loves Him.

By 100 Days in Appalachia / June 16, 2017

Once President Trump’s first 100 Days had passed, we wanted […]

Read More