The Latest Breaking News from Appalachia

Across Appalachia, September marks the start of ginseng season, when thousands of people roam the hills searching for hard-to-reach patches of this highly prized plant.

JD Vance has climbed to his current position as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, in part, by selling himself as a hillbilly, calling on his Appalachian background to bolster his credentials to speak for the American working class.

“I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today," Vance said. "I’m sure they’re going to call that racist too.”

With Sen. JD Vance named Donald Trump’s running mate, commentators are dusting off Vance’s 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” to explain America’s political moment.

Explore the impact of JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' memoir and Appalachian heritage on his vice presidential campaign.

America’s potential future vice president topped bestseller lists with his 2016 memoir, a tale of multi-generational, cyclical poverty in Appalachia. Nick Hilton looks back on what the politician argued in the book, from his criticisms of welfare to his belief that the working classes ‘spend our way into the poorhouse’

In the hills of West Virginia, researchers are hoping to realize a long-term dream of cleaning up poisonous groundwaters that flow out of old coal mines

The singer-songwriter discusses PBS' "The Express Way," music healing her and how Appalachia is not "Deliverance"

Award-winning Appalachian poet, memoirist, and teacher Pauletta Hansel shares work from her latest book, Will There Also Be Singing?

In just a few short days mothers across Kentucky will be honored. Kentucky’s Poet Laureate offers his thoughts about an Appalachian mother’s recognition.

Tennessee River Valley Stewardship Council is a nonprofit that advocates for the preservation of this vulnerable natural environment and supports small businesses on their journey to attract tourists.