By Richard J. Callahan, Jr. for The Conversation. Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for The Conversation-Public News Service Collaboration In October 2025, ...

And, yea, in the mountains and down through all the valleys of the ancient land of Appalachia, hearts were filled with joy, for here was a prophet of hope who was signaling that a change was coming — ...

Cawood was unafraid to challenge the region’s powerful coal industry as an attorney and one-term state legislator.

SECO, Ky. — Mines built this company town. Jack and Sandra Looney hope vines — the wine grapes growing on a former strip mine in the hills above — will help to draw visitors here. Their Highland ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal appeals court Friday overturned a ruling requiring more extensive environmental reviews of mountaintop removal, a form of coal mining in Appalachia that blasts away ...

The internet has become fascinated with Appalachia's history of ghost stories. As people continue to post and discuss these stories online, the true history is getting lost in the chatter. Appalachia ...

HAZARD, Ky. -- For Lyle Snider, the view from Kentucky 80 is breathtaking, but not in a good way. Parked on the side of the four-lane highway, the New Hampshire native watches a mountain disappear bit ...

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black ...

Coal miners, their family members, and union representatives rallied outside of the US Department of Labor’s headquarters in ...

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he’ll help bring back Appalachian ...

During the Biden administration, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration created a safety rule long-sought by black ...