Issue 4: Winter 2010
Appalachia's Health Report
- An End-of-the-Decade Checkup on the Wellbeing of Our Region
- Health Fairs & Clinics: Neighbors Healing Neighbors
- Combating A Culture of Substance Abuse in Appalachia
- Coal Ash: One Woman’s Fight To Save A Community
- Two years after the coal ash disaster
- A Coal Miner’s Health: Short-Term Gains and Long-Term Loss
- New Coal Dust Regs Aimed at Black Lung Disease Resurgence
Other Top Stories From Issue 4: Winter 2010
The Hemlocks! The Hemlocks!
Story by Jamie Goodman A striking new art exhibit has captured the life and death of the…
Mining Our Heritage
Story by Jason Reagan “And Daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County, Down by the…
Last Child in the Woods: Nature Nurtures Creativity
Review by Jillian Randel Increased outdoor playtime translates to higher levels of creativity, better critical thinking skills…
Songbirds at Risk as Local Hemlocks Disappear
Story by Hannah Aleshnick With a face more yellow than green, the Black-throated Green Warbler can often…
Get Clean and Green Around the House
Home Remedies Both Old & New Story by Jillian Randel Walk through the cleaning aisle in the…
Folk Remedies: Useful Plants From Your Backyard
Story by Yuri Woodstock There exists, under our feet, a cornucopia of edible or medicinal plants, fungi…
Issue 4: Winter 2010 - Columns
Hiking the Highlands
Thems “The Breaks” – Enjoying the Unknown Beauty of Breaks Interstate Park
Story by Daniel Hawkins Within the coalfields, straddling…
Naturalist’s Notebook
This Green House
A “Reduce/Reuse” Remodeled House
Local Lumber, Seconds and Hand-Me-Downs Highlight Home’s Expansion…
Energy Report
Across Appalachia