Ingenuity + money = flourishing enterprises on Central Appalachia coalfields
Whitesburg, Ky.—If hollowed out minelands and communities of Central Appalachia are to be restored in some fashion, then the vision for the region’s future has...
Category: Appalachian economies
Black lung disease strikes 1 in 5 longtime coal miners in Central Appalachia
Strike up a conversation in southeastern Kentucky and it likely will be with somebody whose father, uncle, brother, son or grandfather has died of black...
Beyond Lip Service: Why can’t Congress fund an Rx for Appalachian coal country?
WHITESBURG, Ky.—Clinton Sanders can never gulp quite enough air. At night, he is tethered to an oxygen machine. And his constant daytime companion is a...