José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...

The Art Gallery at Congdon Yards Presents "Soul of Appalachia – Perspectives from Western North Carolina" & Annual High ...

The lame-duck last week of the Biden-Harris administration kicked off with a wildfire briefing encapsulating four years of disaster and what the American people averted on Election […] ...

A beloved endangered creature — a mom to eight cubs — has died at a North Carolina zoo. Leafa, a curious and easygoing red ...

Appalachia is still recovering following Hurricane Helene's widespread damage and the federal government's efforts have been ...

There are currently 11 National Scenic Trails. Could the Buckeye Trail be the 12th? The National Park Service wants to hear ...

Tens of thousands of Appalachian migrants moved to Southwest Ohio starting in the 1940s. The coalition organized to advocate ...

Photographer Chris Aluka Berry captures the untold stories of Black Appalachian communities in this exhibition debuting at ...

Community and social gatherings in early Appalachia often involved food, sharing cultural traditions and strengthening relationships. Understanding, connecting and passing knowledge all occur through ...

“The response was overwhelming,” he said, and ReString Appalachia was born. It’s a matching project, where people with gear to donate can open a form and describe in detail the item they ...

Matt McSwain had no plans to start a nonprofit in late September. He just had a mission: help the people of Western North Carolina. Operation Helo started as a nameless operation of patchwork ...

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) -As settlers from Europe moved into the Appalachian wilderness in the1700s, they brought many of their Christmas traditions with them. “All the ethnic groups brought ...