Harlan County, Kentucky nonprofit “Backroads of Appalachia” focuses on mapping and promoting pleasure ride trails on existing windy mountain roads. Their goal is to attract people to rural areas for ...

Rising Appalachia, a Millfield-based nonprofit, uses outdoor recreation and place-based education to connect Southeast Ohio ...

Appalachia is one of the most culturally revered regions of the United States. In many ways, it's the region people think about when someone says "Rural America." Despite its cultural prominence, ...

ATHENS — Rural Action has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to lead a multi-community initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States. “We ...

Cynthia Main runs Sunhouse Craft, a company that makes handmade brooms, Appalachian style. (Photo courtesy of Sunhouse Craft) Rural arts programs helped Eastern Kentucky maker Cynthia Main develop ...

Appalachian State University is offering a new career program to help address a shortage of exceptional children or EC teachers in rural Appalachia. More than 100 education professionals from Watauga, ...

Keeping with the theme of last week’s story of people living in Appalachia, which others find a little unsettling, are the tales of feral people.

A full day of literary community and authorial exploration is coming to the Blount County Public Library in Maryville on Saturday, Oct. 25. The day starts off with the Anna Belle Smith Literary ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. When the rivers and creeks running through eastern Kentucky jumped ...