Those living in Appalachia have long been accustomed to the idea there are greater risks to our health here than in many other regions. New research from the American College of Surgeons confirms that ...

The debate over environmental justice has been overtaken by the term “environmental racism” — the claim that minority communities suffer disproportionately ...

Pharmacist Natalie Cochran killed her husband Michael with an insulin injection so he wouldn't learn about $2 million Ponzi ...

Echoes of the Past' is an article series exploring connections between the WVU sports, the state of West Virginia, and ...

However, rates of cancer incidence and death are going down, if slowly, in Appalachia. Rates of new cases in Appalachia have ...

US President Donald Trump said Friday he would "probably" meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky next week, as Russia said ...

West Virginia had the nation’s percentage of electric customers without power Thursday after overnight rainstorms swept ...

Here are expanded descriptions for all 20 ghost towns in Colorado: ...

Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...

The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and ...

The mine shut down years ago, but the site, near the town of Roxana ... replace jobs and tax revenue lost with the decline of coal. Federal prison construction has boomed in central Appalachia as ...