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 ...

The post Affrilachia Exists: The People Reclaiming Black Identity in Appalachia appeared first on Travel Noire. The gigantic ...

We have all heard the term “Appalachia” or “Appalachian” — but few know the true origins of the word and how it has evolved ...

Esther Renee Adams, "Mamaw," was laid to rest in her own home. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, such "country wakes" could last for days. Shelby Lee Adams Esther Renee Adams was born on her ...

HARLAN, Ky. — The rest of the house is just waking as Scottie Sizemore plops down in a rocking chair on his front porch with a cup of coffee. The sun has yet to crest the ridge above, where mist ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Argues that since the conception of Appalachia as a distinctly different region from the rest of the South and the United States, the foods ...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Legendary Appalachian writer Gurney Norman has died. His wife says he died Sunday of natural causes. He was 88.