Communities

Dear Readers, We began the Appalachia’s New Day campaign a little less than a year ago as a way to highlight some of the amazing stories of every ... Read This Post

The crisis of COVID-19 has forced many students and employees to learn and work from their homes. Many Kentuckians took to this transition with ease. ... Read This Post

Many communities across the nation are re-examining what they have always been told about their place and who was involved in its history. ... Read This Post

A rural town in Indiana made national headlines in 2015 when 235 individuals of the town’s population of 4,100 were diagnosed with HIV. Since then, ... Read This Post

A new Eastern Kentucky program aims to address high rates of domestic and sexual violence in the region through education and conversation. The ... Read This Post

We are now looking for communities interested in hosting the “How to Airbnb” training program. In this program, participants learn the skills they ... Read This Post

More than 100 years ago, the small Magoffin County community of Royalton was buzzing with excitement about the construction of a new railroad line. ... Read This Post

Every few weeks, students from a Floyd County high school enter a portal that transports them across the country to a high school 700 miles away in ... Read This Post

Tiny homes is a catchy name for a new trend in affordable and sustainable housing. Several schools in Eastern Kentucky are capturing the momentum of ... Read This Post

For more than 40 years, MACED has worked to help build a new economy in Eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia that is locally-based, ... Read This Post

Sidewalks. They are what allow – or don’t allow – residents and visitors to make their way around our communities. Obstacles in these sidewalks may ... Read This Post

History was made on the Pine Mountain Settlement School campus this November 2019, when the first ever Black Appalachian Young and Rising ... Read This Post