Are you feeling okay, Appalachia? Judging by the recently-released County Health Rankings, no, you're not. The rankings, determined by the Robert ... Read This Post
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Alpha CEO Preparing for Decline of Central Appalachian Coal — and Has West Virginia Talking
Ry Rivard, a reporter at the Charleston Daily Mail, had a great piece late last month on an interview with Alpha Natural Resources (and now Massey ... Read This Post
Get the facts. Embrace the future. Collaborate.
Cross-posted from KFTC's blog. by Lisa Abbott KFTC's friend and ally Matt Wasson at Appalachian Voices has a terrific ... Read This Post
President Obama Establishes White House Rural Council
Earlier this week, we posted some terrific commentary on how rural America gets overlooked when it comes to federal policy. In the blog post from the ... Read This Post
Proof that Solar Works in Kentucky
From the Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance blog, originally posted on 6/7/11: Proof that Solar Works in Kentucky By Dan Hoffman, President of ... Read This Post
“New Rural” and Appalachian Transition
Our friends at the Daily Yonder ran a fascinating two-part look at life and living in Rural America. Karl Stauber, President & CEO of the ... Read This Post
Podcast of WMMT’s Mountain Talk program on Farmers’ Markets
If you missed last month's Mountain Talk radio show on Farmer's Markets in the Mountains, you can now listen to it online! The hour-long ... Read This Post
Fostering a Culture of Entrepreneurship in Appalachia
On Wednesday, economic development professionals from Eastern Kentucky came together to discuss local investment in Eastern Kentucky's economy as ... Read This Post
Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants Offer $33 Million for Regional Economic Development
Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced the creation of the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge program to support "clusters" of ... Read This Post
Registration Now Open: Brushy Fork 2011 Annual Institute
The 2011 Brushy Fork Annual Institute will be held September 20-23 in Berea, Kentucky on the campus of Berea College. The preliminary agenda has ... Read This Post
No Mail, No News, No Broadband: Who’s Reporting on Eastern Kentucky Now?
It is fitting that this afternoon's post -- featuring Al Cross' Rural Blog piece on the shuttering of the last Eastern Kentucky statewide news ... Read This Post
Herald-Leader article describes challenging times for E. KY county
Breathitt County, in the heart of Eastern Kentucky, is facing some serious challenges, not unlike many of its neighbors. The population fell ... Read This Post
