By 2050, entire counties across Appalachia face the loss of nearly half their populations in what demographers describe as an ...

Lawyer Stephen Cawood built one of the greatest bodies of work of any Kentuckian to protect Appalachians from the adverse ...

Himlerville, Kentucky circa 1920. Himlerville was the coal camp for the Himler Coal company, a cooperatively owned mining operation in Martin County. Many of Himlerville’s original buildings still ...

The West Virginia Virtual Academy students stepped out from behind the screens to take a step into the past. The kids visited ...

Through a new process that turns coal waste into a material that can power electric cars, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has a unique opportunity to return energy-producing jobs to Appalachians who ...

There is a new way to repurpose former coal sites into next generation advanced technology power producers. Is Utah on board?

SECO, Ky. — Mines built this company town. Jack and Sandra Looney hope vines — the wine grapes growing on a former strip mine in the hills above — will help to draw visitors here. Their Highland ...

For the past 20 years, coal operators have been removing the tops off peaks and ridges and plugging up streams in the Appalachian Mountains, one of the world’s oldest ranges, allowing them to mine ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – One of the world’s largest coal producers said Thursday it would lay off about 750 workers in the Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia coalfields, the latest setback for an ...

The legislation would require a study on the effects of strip mining in Appalachia. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would restart a long-stalled federal study looking at exactly ...

Kith and Kin features photographs and interactive displays exploring the past and present of Urban Appalachian life.