Uncategorized

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued two reports examining mountaintop mining in Central Appalachia over the last few months. GAO is ... Read This Post

2010 has been declared the Year of the Heirloom Apple by the Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) alliance. An initiative of Slow Food USA, RAFT ... Read This Post

$25 million in mortgage funding for low-income homebuyers in Central Appalachia is now available through a partnership between the U.S. Department of ... Read This Post

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and AWS True Wind collaborated recently on updating wind capacity estimates by state. Previous estimates were ... Read This Post

An article in Staunton Virginia’s Daily News Leader highlights the accomplishments from the first year of the Appalachian Information Technology ... Read This Post

Recognizing the important role community grocers play in rural areas, the Center for Rural Affairs has developed a resource called “Saving the Small ... Read This Post

An article about southwest Virginia in last week’s Washington Post drew the attention of the Daily Yonder when Post reporter Amy Gardner said ... Read This Post

New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future, a community non-profit “working to create positive change in rural Kentucky counties” has helped to position ... Read This Post

Rebecca Moon is the owner and operator of Custom Maid Service, a full-service commercial cleaning business, in Floyd County, Kentucky. Custom Maid ... Read This Post

A few years ago, Hans Rosling's talk on world development available through the TED Talks web-site generated signficant interest and conversation ... Read This Post

Appalachia Ohio is on the move with programs to plan for and implement Appalachian Transition. Congressman Zack Space (OH-18) has launched the second ... Read This Post

If you want high-speed internet access, and you happen to live in certain areas on and around Eastern Kentucky's Pine Mountain--currently there's only ... Read This Post