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The Mountain Grrl Experience is an art and music event designed to promote the creativity of Appalachian women in a supportive environment.

From Appalachia to Texas and Louisiana, new environmental justice reports highlight a community approach to climate justice.

From exploitation to fighting back, the home planet of "The Mandalorian" has a lot in common with my home

PITTSBURGH — In these first sunny, wonderfully balmy days of spring, nothing hits the spot — or nose — quite like ramps.

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.