‘Bigger than a night of songs’: The Burl’s John Prine tribute now annual Kentucky rite
Spirits were raised, as were a few dollars for three causes — Prine’s own Hello in There Foundation, the Whitesburg-based Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center and Western Kentucky Tornado Relief. The ...
Mission of Hope distributes toys to kids at Kentucky elementary school
BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Wednesday, elementary school kids in one of what is going to be 29 elementary schools across ...
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In Rural Appalachia, Pulmonologist Treats Coal Miners Affected by Black Lung Disease
The incidence of so-called “black lung disease” has been roaring back due to mechanized coal extraction technology.
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SOAR receives over $40 million from EDA Recompete to connect residents to jobs in Eastern Kentucky
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently awarded more than $40 million to Shaping ...
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Students get a holiday surprise from Christian Appalachian Project
It's the first year Christian Appalachian Project's Operation Sharing has come to Lee County Elementary. CAP worked with Toys ...
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Appalachian policy group says green manufacturing may be the region's future
ReImagine Appalachia analyzed data showing the region already has an outsized role in some manufacturing sectors. Armed with ...
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For These Drag Queens, Their Queerness and Appalachian Identity Go Hand-in-Hand
Under fluorescent stage lights at a bar outside of Louisville, Baby St. Jane strips off her burgundy gown to reveal a black ...
Opioids Ravaged a Kentucky Town. Then Rehab Became Its Business.
If you follow these tracks south, against the flow of the Big Sandy River, you’ll go between the public library and the Main Street Park and over Lick Creek, one of the manifold creeks that web ...