Exactly 100 years ago, Mary Breckinridge began traveling the hills of Eastern Kentucky on horseback to explore what medical services were like in the ... Read This Post
Stories
Get The Humble Hippie Experience in the Red River Gorge
As long as humankind has been building structures, we’ve been exploring various geometries. There is one structure design that stands apart from ... Read This Post
Breathitt County-Based Radio Station Celebrates 75 years On Air
Nearly 100 years ago, Dr. Lela G. McConnell founded Mount Carmel in Breathitt County, Kentucky, an elementary and high school focused on the ... Read This Post
Award-Winning Architecture Firm Chosen for Hazard Building Redevelopment
Last summer, the Mountain Association purchased a three-story building at 479 Main Street in downtown Hazard, Kentucky. We were inspired to purchase ... Read This Post
Mountain Grrl Experience: More than a Music Festival
Imagine you are roaming the streets of Pikeville, Kentucky one summer day and you’re handed a set of spoons to make music with. You knock out a number ... Read This Post
Eastern KY Moms Help Their Communities Become More Accessible
“There are days I would move a mountain to make sure my kids got everything they needed,” Courtney Crider said over the phone as she makes the long ... Read This Post
What to do if you got a bad install by Solar Titan
File a Complaint Against Solar Titan Many Kentuckians are reporting bad solar installations completed by the now defunct Solar Titan. There may be ... Read This Post
Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Supports Flourishing Music Industry
Georgia, I love your big magnolia treesTexas, I love to feel the prairie breezeTennessee, you made me what I am todayBut it's got to be Kentucky for ... Read This Post
A Community Group Hosts “Courageous Conversations” and Celebrations of Diversity in Southeast KY
From social media posts promoting equal pay and autism acceptance to sharing free coloring books about Holi, a festival celebrated by people of Hindu ... Read This Post
Utility Disconnections are Dangerous, Ineffective, and Unnecessary
This is an op-ed by a Mountain Association staff member that appeared in several Kentucky papers in April 2023. The number of Kentuckians who had ... Read This Post
Mountain Association President Peter Hille Speaks at White House Roundtable
Community leaders representing energy communities from Appalachia to Wyoming to the Navajo Nation were invited to participate in a roundtable ... Read This Post
Eastern Kentucky’s New Innovative College
According to a recent report, Kentucky is in the top 10 states with the least amount of its population in the workforce. Just 58 percent of 4.5 ... Read This Post
