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2024-2025 Winter

Community-based Indigenous organization acquires property on proposed federal prison site as part of grassroots effort to create a different future for Eastern Kentucky

By Contributing Writers | February 4, 2025 | 1
ARP’s co-executive directors Tiffany (left) and Taysha DeVaughan (right) cut the ribbon at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on ARP’s land in Roxana, KY. (PC- Dr. Artie Ann Bates)

The Appalachian Rekindling Project held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate its recent purchase of a 63-acre plot of land within the currently designated boundaries of a federal prison proposed for construction in Letcher County, Kentucky.

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UPDATE: Pedestrian bridge opens for McAfee Knob trail crossing

By Dan Radmacher | January 29, 2025 | 0
Workers pour concrete to form stairs coming down from the pedestrian bridge from the McAfee Knob trailhead parking lot across Virginia 311. Photo by Dan Radmacher.

Soon, Appalachian Trail hikers will be able to use a 90-foot-long, steel and concrete pedestrian bridge to move safely over Virginia 311 at McAfee Knob trail crossing.

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Animal shelter finds the purr-fect solar solution to cutting costs

By Contributing Writers | January 24, 2025 | 0
Photo of two people in front of an animal shelter with a colorful mural of a dog. Photo by Michael Chassereau from Forever and Always Photography.

Funding for a rural Kentucky animal shelter was limited, but a cluster of federal grants made the installation of a solar array a real possibility. The project will reduce utility costs and serve as a clean energy example in a community that has long relied on the coal industry.

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Helene’s lingering toll on Appalachian businesses

By Abby Hassler | January 22, 2025 | 0
Over Yonder owners Andy and Megan Long operated the restaurant in Valle Crucis, N.C., since 2014. The pair moved to the area in the early 2000s. Photo by James M. Davidson ©2024.

Once Hurricane Helene’s flood waters receded and the rebuilding process began, many small business owners were left unsure about their next steps.

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Community efforts to repair private roads and bridges underway in NC, hopeful for FEMA funding

By Contributing Writers | January 10, 2025 | 0
Fern Way Bridge, North Carolina. Photo credit: Rev. Rob Morris, Executive Director, Christmount.

Hurricane Helene washed out or damaged thousands of private roads, driveways and bridges in late September across multiple states, but many families are still waiting for help to rebuild access to their homes.

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Solar Installation Unveiled at Buckhorn Children and Family Services Center in Kentucky

By Rance Garrison | January 6, 2025 | 0

This fall, Buckhorn Children and Family services held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new solar installation, which was funded in part by the Appalachian Solar Finance Fund.

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In “Valley so Low,” an environmental disaster creates a crisis for cleanup workers – and restitution proves elusive

By Contributing Writers | December 18, 2024 | 1
graphic of valley so low cover

“Valley So Low” explores 15 years of harm to the workers who cleaned up the Kingston Coal Ash Spill and their pursuit of justice.

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Community members resist proposed Eastern Kentucky Prison

By Willie Dodson | December 3, 2024 | 1

A controversial prison project in Eastern Kentucky has resurfaced, despite community opposition that had kept the proposal at bay for several years.

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