More Trump lies in claims about coal mining jobs
May 5, 2016
Donald Trump says he would bring back lost coal-mining jobs, and he is positioning for the November election in big coal states by portraying Hillary
Is Clinton trailing Trump in Appalachia?
May 3, 2016
When President Bill Clinton rolled into the small Appalachian town of Ashland, Kentucky, in 1996, cheering crowds lined the streets. Local boy turned country music
As coal fades, Appalachia struggles
December 1, 2015
The seams of coal in some of Eddie Asbury’s mines in McDowell County are so thin workers can barely squeeze down them. They enter on
Mining for tourism? Yep, some do
March 30, 2015
Mines built this company town. Jack and Sandra Looney hope vines — the wine grapes growing on a former strip mine in the hills above
After 50 years, progress & challenge in Appalachia
February 23, 2015
The agency created five decades ago to fight poverty in Appalachia has helped county economies grow with nearly $4 billion in spending, but the region