On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia. Over the course of a few days, residents in eastern Kentucky watched as river levels rose and surpassed flood levels.

Then, of course, there was the factual matter: Appalachia, many assumed ... and an obliging Caudill led “poverty tours” through the valleys around Whitesburg, where he lived.

For the past nine years, I have been conducting research on rural health and poverty in Appalachia. It’s a complex region often painted in broad brushstrokes that miss the geographic ...

Those living in Appalachia have long been accustomed to ... risks from coal mining and other hazardous industries, and higher poverty rates. Other factors, such as higher prevalence of obesity ...

central Appalachia has a complex mix of challenges when it comes to cancer instances and deaths, “stemming from limited access to care in rural regions, historical occupational risks from coal mining ...

The art collaborative folkLAB’s ongoing exploration of Pittsburgh’s place in Appalachia is titled “These Hollow Hills.” The ...