Appalachia News

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Tuesday that Republican John McCain is offering no new ideas for a financially distressed nation, only the same negativity toward rival Barack Obama.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - Sarah Palin told voters in southeastern Ohio on Sunday that she and running mate John McCain would bring jobs back to this economically depressed piece of Appalachia.

Biggers: Use Appalachia for clean energy initiatives like wind and solar. Next Article in Technology>> Editor's Note: Jeff Biggers, author of "The United States of Appalachia," is at work on a cultural history ...

If you're a Democrat who needs help getting the votes of rural white folks, the go-to guy is David "Mudcat" Saunders, a central-casting political consultant recently made famous by a parade of magazine writers ...

Even in the days leading up to the Belmont Debate, Tennessee gets no love . Comments 4 Increasingly Frustrated writes October 3rd, 2008 1:08 pm And I suppose people really believe this will change if he's ...

When visiting Virginia "Ginger" Correll's house this weekend during the SML Charity Home Tour, be sure to look up.

Appalachia can be a cold country for liberals, so when word came that the Obama campaign was opening an office in town, Dee Crescitelli started driving by, just to see if it was open yet.

A campus cultural celebration will be the focus of the sixth annual Appalachian Heritage Day Monday at West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

After musical trips to Appalachia, Brazil, Argentina, the Silk Road and baroque and modern Italy, Yo-Yo Ma has embarked on a spiritual journey.

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For 25 years, Dr. David Avery has been practicing medicine "solo" in West Virginia -- the only state entirely situated in Appalachia, the heart of America's rural poor.

More employers have signed on to participate in the Mountain Empire Community College Job Expo to be held Oct.

After years of decline, the number of U.S. coal miners suffering from dreaded black lung disease appears to be rising again -- and the increase seems to be especially dramatic in southern Appalachia, the Times ...

Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni shares her life story. Giovanni sat down for an interview in the Storycorps mobile booth outside the transportation museum Friday afternoon.

In Appalachian Georgia, generations of young people have received the same life advice: Get married.

Appalachia, VA - An employee at Fairbanks Coal Company in Wise County was injured late last night when the bulldozer he was driving fell off a 25 foot wall, a state mining spokesman said.

They drive past the abandoned factories and ramshackle homes, homes in which too many children are underfed and poorly educated, where parents are underemployed and over-medicated, to protest conditions at a ...

From the Wonk Room . In a townhall meeting yesterday in Orlando, Sen. John McCain was asked if he supported an end to the economically and ecologically destructive practice of mountaintop removal coal mining.

Tihlee Anderson completed 4-of-7 passes for 115 yards and return a punt 49 yards for a touchdown as the Gate City Blue Devils rolled to a shutout win over the Appalachia Bulldogs in the non-district clash at ...

I spent the past weekend with around 100 young people and community activists at the Weekend In Wise - an incredible weekend in Appalachia, VA where Mountain Top Removal mining has deeply impacted the community ...