Washington, DC, June 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New data released today by the Appalachian Regional Commission in the 14th annual update of The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2018-2022 ...

In 2009, Maddie McGarvey first visited 3-year-old Paige Casto and her family in a southeast Ohio town to take photos for a college photography class. Then, for the next 15 years, she returned to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The region's most economically distressed counties are in the coalfields of Central Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky's ...

This is definitely one of the most tragic places in the country. Your idea of poverty is probably different from mine. But out here is on another level. I’m not sure if they know or even care how poor ...

PIKETON — Keith E. Pitts, president and CEO of the Community Action Committee of Pike County (CAC), has been awarded the Marvin J. Huston General’s Award by the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian ...

Marc Steiner: Welcome to The Marc Steiner Show here on The Real News. I’m Marc Steiner, and it’s great to have you all with us. Now, J.D. Vance likes to play an Appalachian. But if you read his book, ...

In Appalachia, mental health challenges are a present reality shaped by the conditions of everyday life. At Christian Appalachian Project (CAP), we see mental health needs firsthand in the families ...

“This book is a game changer[…]Branscome introduces a new perspective that challenges accepted wisdom. He changes the conversation within public discourse about Appalachia.” The famous Lifting the ...

This article has been updated to correctly reflect where Gov. Andy Beshear was born and raised. A public spat between Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential ...

Maddie McGarvey has photographed Appalachian Ohio for her entire career. (Photo courtesy of Maddie McGarvey) Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the ...