‘This is still a wealthy region’ says McDowell farmer

By Nancy Andrews / March 28, 2017

Everybody that sits down and blesses a table and enjoys […]

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Vice President Pence talks health care and more during West Virginia visit

By Kara Lofton / March 27, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence made several stops in West Virginia […]

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Is this an ‘Accident’?: How one-dimensional media portrayals of ‘Trump Country’ hit close to home

By Frank Schwing / March 27, 2017

Recently, I picked up our morning copy of The Washington […]

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The Mountaineers as a metaphor: How WVU’s heartbreaking loss reminds us of what else we’re missing

By Seth Gainer / March 24, 2017

On nights like Thursday night, it feels like it’s the […]

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Defunding Appalachia: Coal communities resist President Trump’s budget cuts

By Benny Becker / March 24, 2017

Danny Ferguson didn’t like what he saw happening in Lincoln […]

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When your job moves to Mexico

By Nancy Andrews / March 24, 2017

“My initials are inside a casket, J.B.,” said Bean. Jeffery […]

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Rural hospitals may struggle under House GOP’s proposed healthcare overhaul

By Kara Lofton / March 24, 2017

Over the last two years, the number of coal mining […]

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We still live here and we still make it, despite the obstacles.

By Nancy Andrews / March 23, 2017

It’s sort of brought out a little bit of pride […]

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Job-spurring grants in Appalachia are targeted in Trump’s budget. Here’s what is on the line

By Emma Copley Eisenberg / March 22, 2017

In 2015, Cassidy Wright-Hubbard was a seventeen-year-old sophomore at Southeast […]

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