ASHLAND, Ky. (FOX 56) — After five years in West Virginia, the world’s largest recovery-based music festival is bringing hope to the hills of eastern Kentucky. The region took a hard hit amid the ...

Six new poets from Appalachia — all girls and young women — arrived at the recent Book Festival at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in ...

The music festival raises money for drug recovery. Tens of thousands of people made their way to Ashland this past weekend for "Healing Appalachia." The annual music festival raises money for drug ...

ASHLAND, Ky. — Two sons of the Country Music Highway will co-headline a music festival that’s moving to eastern Kentucky for the first time. Healing Appalachia has been held in West Virginia over the ...

America is pulling away from spectacle, and Appalachia is registering that turn early. Tone moves first. Posture next. Votes ...

The Kentucky Chamber Foundation will be working with the Fletcher Group, the primary recipient of the Appalachian Regional ...

Apr. 18—ASHLAND — A collection of art and a book of stories by young Kentuckians from area counties are meant to communicate a heavy message. The art exhibit, which will continue through May 30 at the ...

Ten projects aimed at improving the economy and health in Eastern Kentucky been awarded more than $11.5 million in federal funding, the Appalachian Regional Commission announced Wednesday. The money ...

Read full article: School pickup with big problems: Alamo Ranch neighbors create petition to add four-way stop sign Domestic violence calls are up from 61 last year to 80 so far in 2024, the sheriff’s ...

Krystal Holbrook’s family started moving possessions to higher ground long before dawn, racing to save them from the rapidly rising floodwaters that were menacing southeastern Kentucky. Her family ...

Why is she someone to watch in 2025? Sturdivant, 37, a former nurse and community organizer, joined Appalshop in September 2020 and was named executive director in September 2024. Appalshop is a ...

County rates per 100,000 are seen in five ranges or quintiles.(Map adapted by Kentucky Health News) Deaths from colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky declined from 1999 to 2020, but far less than ...