All of Appalachia is vulnerable ... disabled, or living in poverty, and tight town budgets struggle to handle aging infrastructure. State and federal officials do what they can, but they often ...

The thing is, I’m sure a lot of these Appalachian towns were once “good” in the same way. It didn’t last. I was driving through a very poor part of my own state last year, and thought ...

On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia ... larger cities, Hazard, is located, nearly 30 percent of the population lives under the federal poverty ...

An influx of boomers moving to Appalachia is "transforming the region from poor, serene and rustic to ... long been the economic engines of many towns and small cities," said Business Insider.