In December 2022, less than six months after devastating floods, a storefront sign in Hindman, the Knott County seat, expressed optimism for the future. (Kentucky Lantern photo by McKenna Horsley) The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As climate change makes other regions hotter, drier and less livable, we have a chance to make our hills and hollows a place ...

Appalachia, especially its coal mining region, is experiencing a revived bit of attention as shuttered mines, a rise in income inequality and longstanding poverty received flashes of concern from both ...

In 2016, I proposed in the Daily Yonder an Appalachian Homestead Act—a plan to redistribute land from bankrupt coal companies and absentee owners to local residents for housing, farming, sustainable ...

“A 21st-century Homestead Act offers compelling advantages for political leaders…For conservatives, it emphasizes individual responsibility, property ownership, and free market solutions…For ...