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As Saturday proved, North Carolina’s best college football program resides in Boone

The question now is not whether Appalachian State has North Carolina’s best college football program — which it clearly does — but how exactly the Mountaineers defied the odds to build it in such an enduring way. And also: why no other school in the state has come close to…

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Crises forge Beshear's role as Kentucky's consoler in chief

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's first term in office has been dominated by one deadly crisis after another: the global COVID-19 pandemic, tornadoes that killed scores of people in western Kentucky and floodwaters in Appalachia that left dozens more Kentuckians dead

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EQT Corp (EQT) In Talks To Acquire THQ Appalachia For $4 Billion

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) is in negotiations to acquire THQ Appalachia I for $4 billion after including debt, per a Reuters report.

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Lawmakers pass flood-relief legislation for eastern Kentucky

Kentucky lawmakers have passed a measure injecting nearly $213 million into a flood-ravaged region of Appalachia

The Independent UK

Despite dangers, deep roots make Appalachia hard to leave

The deadly flooding that hit the Appalachian region of eastern Kentucky is making some stalwart residents who have hung on through disappearing jobs and the opioid crisis consider leaving their small towns

The Independent UK

Death toll from Kentucky flash flooding rises to 25

The governor of the US state of Kentucky said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 25 people after torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia.Andy Beshear said on Saturday that the numbers of victims would likely rise significantly as a result…

Evening Standard

‘We could lose history.’ Appalachian archives soaked in record Kentucky flooding

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A good bit of Appalachian history and arts got soaked in the record flooding in eastern Kentucky.

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At least 25 people have died in Kentucky's devastating floods, governor says

Kentucky's governor said the numbers would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims. Torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia earlier this week.

WEKU

Kentucky governor: Death toll from flooding rises to 25.

Kentucky’s governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 25 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: One weather system floods St. Louis and Kentucky

The same stubborn weather system caused intense downpours in St. Louis and Appalachia that led to devastating and in some cases deadly flooding

The Independent UK

Governor: Search for Kentucky flood victims could take weeks

Kentucky’s governor says it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia

The Independent UK

Governor: Search for Kentucky flood victims could take weeks

Kentucky’s governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when heavy rains turned streams into torrents that swamped towns across Appalachia

The Independent UK

At least 25 dead in Kentucky after catastrophic flooding hit Appalachia

The death toll is expected to rise as local officials examine the damage of the floods.

Axios

Flooding in central Appalachia kills at least 8 in Kentucky

Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of central Appalachia

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Deadly Kentucky floods leave thousands without power

Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America.

WEKU

At least 8 people are dead in Kentucky after torrential rains flood Appalachia

Heavy rains unleashed devastating floods on Thursday, as fast-rising water killed at least eight people in Kentucky and sent people scurrying to rooftops to be rescued.

The Independent UK

Heavy rains cause flooding, power outages in Appalachia

Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of central Appalachia

WEKU

3 police officers were killed in Kentucky by a suspect with a rifle

Police took 49-year-old Lance Storz into custody late Thursday night after an hourslong standoff at a home in Allen, a small town in the hills of Appalachia.

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Daily Record

Incestuous family 'so inbred' their skin turned blue from genetic condition

It began in 1820 in the secluded area of Appalachia, which is in Perry County Kentucky, when Martin Fugate and his wife Elizabeth Smart got together.

Salon

Lockheed Martin angers ocean supporters

"Mining the deep sea is as destructive as strip mining the mountains of Appalachia, extinguishing whole ecosystems with a single blow."

The Guardian - UK

Ian Noe: River Fools & Mountain Saints review – a more genial, but still gritty, Appalachia

Grainy voiced Ian Noe has broadened his musical palette with his second album, but the story is still blue-collar Kentucky

Salon

To live in "Another Appalachia"

Salon spoke with author Neema Avashia about the love she has for growing up queer and Indian in West Virginia

Salon

Burrow's greatness comes from Appalachia

My son was born in the same rural county that gave rise to Burrow, where giving back is a way of life

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