At least 16 people have been killed in torrential flooding in eastern Kentucky, after intense rain inundated many corners of the Appalachian mountain region. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has ...

In the current fiscal year, 82 Appalachian counties were classified as distressed. The largest cluster by far, 36 counties, was in Eastern Kentucky ... of the Appalachian mountain ridge through ...

The staggering range and sheer excellence of the late John Dominis’ pictures ... valley in eastern Kentucky, in the heart of the mountainous region called Appalachia, live an impoverished ...

The road to Cumberland, Kentucky is all switchbacks, the asphalt snaking up and down Pine Mountain on the western flank of the lush Appalachian ... I cautiously made pictures as the sun rose ...

CASA of the Appalachian Mountains currently has five volunteers ... Children going through the family court system in eastern Kentucky could be getting additional support. The nonprofit CASA ...

Cassie Chambers looked back at her grandmother, aunt, and mother, who grew up in poverty in Kentucky’s Appalachian Mountains region and their decisions to remain or leave. Javascript must be ...

JACKSON, Ky. — If Louisville is the heart of Kentucky, then the Appalachian region is the soul of the Bluegrass. "This is where the horses hang out — a lot of them," said Ginny Grulke ...

Could repurposed coal-mining sites in the Appalachian mountains of Eastern Kentucky become an art-world destination and hub for a burgeoning arts scene? That is the ambitious proposition ...