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Appalachia’s New Day: Preserving Local Histories in Eastern Kentucky

The first radio broadcast from WKIC in Hazard went over the airwaves on November 23, 1947, from the Hazard High School auditorium. Ernest Sparkman ... Read This Post

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Appalachia’s New Day: Alternatives to Predatory Lending in Eastern Kentucky

In 2014, 90 percent of people seeking housing services from the Housing Development Alliance (HDA) in Perry County were ineligible due primarily to ... Read This Post


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Kaleb Rodebaugh started back up his family’s bait and tackle shop, Anglers Bait-N-Tackle LLC, in 2016 when he was just 21 years old. Though he ... Read This Post

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Appalachia’s New Day: Strong Communities in Eastern Kentucky

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Appalachia’s New Day: Youth in Action in Eastern Kentucky

In 2010, Olive Hill in Carter County was struck by not one, but two, 500-year floods. The federal government uses terms like “100-year flood zone ... Read This Post


Grayson Art Gallery hosts a poetry slam once per month, building poets in Eastern Kentucky.

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Appalachia’s New Day: Creative Writing and Poetry in Eastern Kentucky

Each month, poets and creative writers are invited to Grayson, Kentucky, for the Holler Down the Holler poetry slam where they can compete for cash ... Read This Post

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Appalachia’s New Day: Addressing Transportation Barriers in Eastern Kentucky

Grayson Gallery and Arts Center, which established in 2011 in the town’s old fire station, does so much more than provide a place for artists to show ... Read This Post

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Appalachia’s New Day: Spaces to Gather in Eastern Kentucky

It all started with an idea to plan a pop-up art show in the former Grayson, Kentucky, fire station in 2011, a building that stood empty for eight ... Read This Post


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433 Chestnut Street
Berea, KY 40403

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(606) 439-0170
420 Main St
Hazard, KY 41701

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(606) 264-5910
268 E Friend St, Ste 101
Prestonsburg, KY 41653

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