Cynthia Main runs Sunhouse Craft, a company that makes handmade brooms, Appalachian style. (Photo courtesy of Sunhouse Craft) Rural arts programs helped Eastern Kentucky maker Cynthia Main develop ...

From chocolates to language preservation, and pottery to fine fiddles, living traditions create a sense of belonging, and can serve as modes of resistance and reflection in rural Appalachian ...

Students sit atop Indian Fort Mountain in Berea, Kentucky, during Berea College Mountain Day in Oct. 2023, an annual event held to celebrate the surrounding Appalachian region. The Partners for Rural ...

Back in the days before child labor laws — and before it became conventional wisdom that no young person could develop proper character without playing two dozen sports, mastering three instruments ...

Kelsey Cloonan of Community Farm Alliance speaks during a climate panel at the 2024 Vanguard conference in Berea, Kentucky. (Photo by Scott Hayes) This is your first of three free stories this month.

Rural Appalachian women face increased HIV risk due to opioid and polysubstance use, necessitating novel intervention delivery methods. Facebook was used as a platform for delivering HIV prevention ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. When the rivers and creeks running through eastern Kentucky jumped ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (October 23, 2025) — The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, and Press Forward Central Appalachia are pleased to announce the launch of a peer-focused course for ...