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The writer took home the top prize for her Charles Dickens-inspired novel Demon Copperhead. By Prudence Wade.

Activists to gather in Washington to demand Joe Biden ‘reclaim his climate legacy’ by blocking 300-mile Mountain Valley pipeline

The Biden administration wants to give a boost to the fossil fuel "energy communities" of coal country

An Appalachian woman decided to start a podcast about whether a local road death was an accident or murder. After 23 episodes and growing momentum, she publicly changed her mind about the case — creating a true crime furor. Sheila Flynn speaks to the documentarian who was by Emily Nestor’s…

Jessie Wilkerson is a history chair at the University of West Virginia. She said her interest in women’s history dates back to childhood.

Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on March 3, 1923, in Stony Fork, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but his music is as influential now – more than a decade after his 2012 death – as at any time during his long career. During that time he was…

Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible, returned to her home turf of Appalachia to tackle one of its most urgent issues — with a little help from David Copperfield.

The country superstar has written a clutch of new songs for this Appalachian take on the festive classic. But will she drop by to see it?

Everyone wants a piece of the lovingly nicknamed "Appalachian banana.” Can the species survive a warming planet?