The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded more than $7.4 million to "Backroads of Appalachia." The eastern Kentucky nonprofit promotes scenic drives on existing roads.

Backroads of Appalachia was awarded an ARC ARISE (Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies) grant from the ...

Backroads of Appalachia has been awarded a competitive ARISE (Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies) grant ...

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 ...

Rural arts programs helped Eastern Kentucky maker Cynthia Main develop Sunhouse Craft, a sustainable business with an Appalachian sense of place. Main’s origin story parallels that of many small ...

The Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) today released results of the last two years of initial work of the ACCC Rural ...

Inside Appalachia,, a hospital in Western North Carolina was bought out. Residents say the quality of care has gone ...

They admitted Appalachia was a backward and dirty place ... Appalachia might mean for the nation. In their view, its rural nature and lack of racial diversity (also a lie) stood in stark contrast ...

Here in California, for instance 60 percent of the community colleges with the lowest transfer rates are rural. From low-income students in Appalachia to Latino learners in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, ...