Ahead of Elections, Gen Z West Virginians Focus On the Issues

Five West Virginians spoke to 100 Days about issues on their minds this election. 

A Church Channels Rush of Volunteers and Donations in Roan Mountain Flooding Aftermath

The First Baptist Church in Roan Mountain, TN was devastated by a flood nearly thirty years ago. This time around, they knew they could help.

Kentucky’s Amendment 2 is a radical redistribution of wealth from the poorest schools to the richest schools.

Of the many culture shocks I experienced moving from Ohio to the remote eastern Kentucky county of around 10,000 people my grandmother’s family calls home, none was greater than the stark contrast in schools. The district I grew up in, just outside of the Dayton city limits, was by no […]

A Political Power Play Overruled West Virginians in the Path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. They Still Feel Betrayed.

In the wake of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin promising his vote for a major climate change bill in exchange for the pipeline’s remaining permits, people in the project’s path are torn on their next steps.

Front Porch Politics: JD Vance, Tim Walz, and Appalachian masculinity.

From an attempted assassination and an historic withdrawal from the race, the 2024 election has already had more twists and turns than an Aaron Sorkin screenplay. I should be forgiven, then, for how emotionally invested I became in the veepstakes. I did not imagine ever caring this much about running […]

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Inside Election Night As A Student Journalist

Student journalists with The Post, an independent, award-winning, student-run news publication on Ohio University, take readers inside covering election night.

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Ahead of Elections, Gen Z West Virginians Focus On the Issues

Five West Virginians spoke to 100 Days about issues on their minds this election. 

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A Church Channels Rush of Volunteers and Donations in Roan Mountain Flooding Aftermath

The First Baptist Church in Roan Mountain, TN was devastated by a flood nearly thirty years ago. This time around, they knew they could help.

Read More

Kentucky’s Amendment 2 is a radical redistribution of wealth from the poorest schools to the richest schools.

Of the many culture shocks I experienced moving from Ohio to the remote eastern Kentucky county of around 10,000 people my grandmother’s family calls home, none was greater than the stark contrast in schools. The district I grew up in, […]

Read More

A Political Power Play Overruled West Virginians in the Path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. They Still Feel Betrayed.

In the wake of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin promising his vote for a major climate change bill in exchange for the pipeline’s remaining permits, people in the project’s path are torn on their next steps.

Read More

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Appalachia’s Young Voters Could Impact the 2024 Election

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‘Life-changing Support’: In Rural North Carolina, a Program for Treatment of Substance Use Disorder Through Pregnancy and Beyond Offers Care and Counters Stigma

Project CARA works to get people into care and support them — with a goal of better outcomes for both the babies and their parents.

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Georgia’s Property Tax Referendum Misses the Point

There is nothing Papaw Jordan likes complaining about more than property taxes. It infuriates him that the government can make […]

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Young Appalachians Want Better Intergenerational Political Conversations

Many young Appalachians, regardless of later political affiliation, can recall the childhood moments they learned how free they were to […]

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A Love Letter to Appalachia at the End of a Long Week

“It is hard to feel such complicated feelings and to be asked to speak for a place that defies a spokesperson.”

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Meet a Doctor Inside a W.Va. Crisis Support Center Who Relies on Hope in Recovery

At the West Virginia University Crisis Support and Recovery Center, the staff takes hope seriously. H-O-P-E is even spelled out in the steel railing inside their living quarters. 

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