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Thinking Like A Mountain: Refuge Ridge Wolf Sanctuary

Think like a mountain. As a 24-year-old, conservationist Aldo Leopold was forever changed by a dying wolf he and his crew had shot. After seeing ... Read This Post

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TEDx Corbin

For the past decade or so, TED talks have been trending. That's because the goal of a TED Talk is to share about "ideas worth spreading." TED is a ... Read This Post

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Three Days that will Shift Your World

In spring 2019, the AIR Institute of Berea College, in partnership with MACED and the Kentucky Arts Council, held a training for 10 Kentuckians ... Read This Post


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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

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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

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Appalachia’s New Day: The Arts in Eastern Kentucky

This week marks the start of MACED’s new storytelling campaign, Appalachia’s New Day. Every day this week, we are featuring a story specific to a ... Read This Post


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Appalachian Horse Industry Revival

Smokey Valley Farm is helping bring back a breed of horse all but lost following the Civil War: the Smokey Valley Horse. For generations prior to the ... Read This Post

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Apply by April 15: Facilitators for AIR Shift Workshops

Are you interested in helping Kentucky communities grow local creative economies? Do you have a long-term vision for increasing the value of art and ... Read This Post

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ARC Awards $12 Million in Kentucky

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) recently announced more than $12 million in funding through its POWER Initiative for Appalachian ... Read This Post


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MACED Testifies at a Congressional Hearing about Climate Change

MACED was invited to testify at a February 12 congressional hearing titled “Climate Change: Preparing for the Energy Transition.” The hearing was ... Read This Post

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Stories from a Region

Interested in being a part of the Appalachia's New Day campaign? Visit here. News broke two weeks ago that Netflix has signed on to produce the movie ... Read This Post

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A First in Central Appalachia!

Brandon Dennison, CEO of the Coalfield Development Corporation, was recently named the first Ashoka Fellow to live and work in Central Appalachia ... Read This Post


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