Coal communities in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia are struggling to support basic civic services as coal disappears. Federal funding to boost local economies and jobs is closer than ever before.
The health care system and workplace safety regulations weren’t set up to help the people who harvest our food. The pandemic has only deepened the problem.
Emails show the utility could be leveraging the solar array to keep an electric cooperative locked in a long-term power agreement.
A chaotic coal company bankruptcy last year left a father and son out of work. Months later, they say getting out of the industry was a blessing.
Local journalists, officials, and community leaders will discuss the media, the issues important to you, and the future of Appalachia.