The Cowan Community Center in Letcher County has been providing opportunities for local youth for more than 50 years. Their focus has been on ... Read This Post
Stories
Appalachia’s New Day: Improving Food Access in Eastern Kentucky
More than 400 people poured through the doors of CANE Kitchen in Whitesburg last Thursday for a free “meal on the hill.” This year, the community ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Playing & Producing Music in Eastern Kentucky
Fat Baby Studios - a funny name behind the production of some seriously awesome music. Located in the basement of a house in Whitesburg, ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Investing in Employees
Annie's Frugal Finery is a consignment store in Whitesburg, Kentucky, located in a former Masonic lodge on Jenkins Road. Many of the details of the ... Read This Post
South Eastern Beauty Academy
Jeanetta Thornbury, a native of Johnson County, founded South Eastern Beauty Academy in 2012. Located in downtown Paintsville, the school graduates ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Black Lung in Eastern Kentucky
Black Lung is a disease caused by breathing coal mine dust. It is incurable and often gets worse over time. Treatment is limited to relieving symptoms ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Infrastructure in Eastern Kentucky
“Martin County, Kentucky has been without clean water since 2000. Why aren’t we talking about it?,” the poster implores. Every day for more than ... Read This Post
New Energy Intern in Paintsville Office
Earlier this month we welcomed a New Energy Intern to the MACED staff. Zac Ebersole, a resident of Lawrence County, Kentucky, will be spending the ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Entrepreneurship in Eastern Kentucky
Kyle Robinson and his wife, Annie, started Print My Threads, an apparel screen printing company, in 2009 after their move back to Ashland, Kentucky, ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Community in Eastern Kentucky
“Thursdays on the Triangle” in Hazard, Kentucky, kicked off its fifth year last week. This mini-festival hosted on Main Street in Hazard every other ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Tourism in Eastern Kentucky
Blanton Forest on Pine Mountain in Harlan County was identified by a state ecologist in the early 1990s as one of the most important natural ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Solar in Eastern Kentucky
We know that eastern Kentucky will need to diversify its energy use and consumption in the years to come, and one promising way to do this is by ... Read This Post
