This week, Inside Appalachia,, a hospital in Western North Carolina was bought out. Residents say the quality of care has gone down. Also, an immersion school in North Carolina is trying to revitalize ...

On this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, host Kathy Mattea welcomes Joe Pug, Jobi Riccio, Carrie Newcomer, Curtis McMurtry, and The Local Honeys. This episode was recorded live at the ...

Farmer Grows Workforce Training Program In Former Coal Camp. In the early 20th century, the coal industry was booming in Appalachia. That made the region a destination for Black migrants from the Deep ...

In the early 20th century, the coal industry was booming in Appalachia. That made the region a destination for Black migrants from the Deep South, who were moving northward in search of new jobs.

Energy microgrids have been touted as an economic boon for West Virginia. But a grassroots organization in Tucker County is coalescing in opposition to one of the first such developments in the state.

A dozen “No Kings” protests happened across the state Saturday bringing out thousands of people from all age groups. The national movement, named in response to what organizers call authoritarian ...

An LGBTQ advocacy group traveled from Hardy County to Washington, D.C. on Saturday to participate in this year's WorldPride ...

Today, Antonia Capriotti's bright, intricate illustrations form entire exhibitions in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. But years ago she was only just discovering her love for art as one of the ...

Just before Christmas 2008, Appalachia became the site of the largest industrial spill in U.S. history. A dam holding back coal ash at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant ruptured.

Updated Wednesday April 16, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. Two weeks ago, almost all the workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) offices in Morgantown woke up to notifications ...

Senate Bill 526 gives pharmacists the ability to prescribe certain medications, but the bill’s lead sponsor, Sen. Laura Chapman, R-Ohio, said the bill that the House of Delegates returned to the ...