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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.

UPDATE: Pedestrian bridge opens for McAfee Knob trail crossing

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.

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

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.

Helene’s lingering toll on Appalachian businesses

Fern Way Bridge, North Carolina. Photo credit: Rev. Rob Morris, Executive Director, Christmount.

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

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

graphic of valley so low cover

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

Opponents of FCI/FPC Letcher distribute yard signs at an event hosted by Concerned Letcher Countians in March 2024. Photo by Willie Dodson

Community members resist proposed Eastern Kentucky Prison

Virginia Residents Score Big Win in Landfill Fight

heavy equipment operators work on restoring the Cane River and damaged riverbank and road in Yancey County, N.C.

Hurricane Helene Hammers Northeast Tennessee

Farmer and Activist Completes 2,000-mile Paddle