The Pittsburgh skyline from the North Side. Appalachia connects mountainous parts of the South, the Midwest, the Rust Belt, even the Northeast. The Appalachian Regional Commission defined the ...

Appalachia is a land filled with a variety of traditions. But did you know that there are some specific to New Year’s Day?

Pastoral letters tend to function as top-down, formal documents from Catholic bishops filled with instructions and moral directives. But for its next statement, the Catholic Committee of Appalachia, a ...

JACKSON, KY — The home where Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) spent his summers with his grandparents still stands just outside a tiny town in Breathitt County, Kentucky. Vance has credited this place with ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Recently, civil rights protests have highlighted the calls for equality, equity, a reckoning of the past and an honest look at the way history is told. According to the ...