McDowell County, West Virginia, had nearly 100,000 residents in 1950. Today it has fewer than 17,000. That number — 16,878, ...

Spread the loveIn the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, West Virginia is known for its abundant natural resources, particularly coal. Yet, for many residents like Rebecca Michalski, the reality of ...

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 ...

Fia Backström's Queens Museum exhibition replaces beauty and complexity with a visual and narrative language that reduces the ...

Inflation has driven up the cost of many basic necessities: food, housing and energy. What Appalachian Power’s 1.1 million customers may not have known is that for years, they’ve been paying an extra ...

“A 21st-century Homestead Act offers compelling advantages for political leaders…For conservatives, it emphasizes individual responsibility, property ownership, and free market solutions…For ...