Written by Molly Moore

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Molly Moore

Molly is passionate about sharing the environmental and cultural stories of our region. She has worked with Appalachian Voices since 2011 and currently serves as AV's Director of Program Communications and Editor of The Appalachian Voice publication.

Turning Carolina Red

Reports from the Front of an Energy Culture…

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The Secret Wisdom of the Earth

The debut novel by Christopher Scotton is a coming-of-age story that takes familiar themes — tragedy and the quest to find healing — and explores them with the backdrop of a central Appalachian community beset by mountaintop removal coal mining.

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Gray Mountain by John Grisham

It’s 2008, ten days after the fall of…

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Joe Potato’s Real Life Recipes

Rooted in rural Appalachia, these tales feature animals, humans and plants that celebrate country living while being brave — or perhaps stubborn — enough to stand unflinching in the face of hardscrabble realities.

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Board Member Spotlight: Two Inspiring Leaders

Appalachian Voices is paying tribute to two outstanding individuals, Christina Howe and Bunk Spann, who rotated off our Board of Directors after many years of devoted leadership to the organization.

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Hellos and Goodbyes

We’re thrilled to welcome Lauren Essick to our staff as Distribution Manager of The Appalachian Voice and as Appalachian Voices’ Operations and Outreach Associate, and bid a fond farewell to former Field Coordinator Kara Dodson.

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Fire on the Mountain: AppVoices Teams Up With Floydfest

FloydFest, a world music and arts festival held just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Floyd, Va., is gearing up for its 14th annual event July 22-26, and this year the organizers have selected Appalachian Voices as the featured nonprofit.

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Addressing the Issue of Fracking and Pipelines

The rapid expansion of a natural gas drilling…

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A Better Path than the Coalfields Expressway for Virginia

More than 50 local residents recently attended three community forums in southwest Virginia to express their views on ways to improve transportation in the area.

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New Contaminants Found in Fracking Waste

Researchers tested wastewater discharged or leaked into Pennsylvania and West Virginia waterways and found ammonium and iodide in abnormally high levels in hydraulically fractured and conventionally drilled oil and gas operations, both of which are exempt from the Clean Water Act.

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