Local and state officials and organizations from around the region sent a letter to members of Congress asking that the ...

As Trump proposes cutting Appalachian Regional Commission, Central Appalachia's coalfields and rural counties remain mired in ...

A recent study by the Appalachian Regional Commission is comparing rural Appalachia to the rest of rural America.

Under the new law, Appalachian proposes to recover more than $140 million in storm restoration costs incurred from Jan. 1, ...

Economically, in too many places the natural beauty and wealth of the Southern mountains mask ugly scars of stubborn poverty. Those who prosper in Knoxville, the Tri-Cities, Asheville, Roanoke ...

We are deeply concerned about the White House budget proposal to drastically cut funding to the Appalachian Regional ...

Novelist Barbara Kingsolver loves living in the Appalachian hills of southwestern Virginia. But she says she feels that the region is often misconstrued by mainstream media. Her new book, Demon ...

Gayle Manchin believes federal aid available for Eastern Kentucky and Appalachia could bring significant improvements.

Barbara Kingsolver tells the story of poverty and addiction in contemporary Appalachia in her novel “Demon Copperhead.” ...

The failure of the War on Poverty happened more quietly than its inauguration. In Appalachia, state governments heavily bureaucratized aid, creating disbursement problems and leaving funding ...