In the hunt to understand why some people get certain types of cancer and then have different outcomes, biomedical researchers look at genetic profiles and variables like age, gender, race, and other ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — Immerse yourself in a 3-day event held at the Dancing Bear Lodge & Appalachian Bistro, where you can reconnect with your Appalachian heritage or discover the rich culture of ...

Whitesburg, Kentucky, was an area once known for coal mining but most of those jobs have dried up. Limited opportunities force many residents to leave, but some are able to find their way back.

APPALACHIA is a region as large as all Great Britain and the home of fifteen million Americans. Once, long ago, it was green and rich. For years it has been sick and now it is dying, a charity patient ...

Image courtesy Becca Evans, JMU College of Arts and Letters A James Madison University English professor who works in leadership at the Furious Flower Poetry Center has received a fellowship from an ...

ASHEVILLE - An award-winning cookbook author and reality television host is on a quest to find how food brings people together and examine what it means to be American. The road leads to South ...

PLANTS FOR THE PEOPLE: Starting left, Jeannie Dunn, Lupo Passero and Jamie Bartlet, volunteer at an Appalachian Herb Collective pop-up where free herbal medicines are offered to support a variety of ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Living Carbon, a public benefit company transforming degraded and underutilized land into high quality environmental assets, announced today that ...

Hiker at Big Cedar Mountain Overlook, Georgia. Photo courtesy of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy Tomorrow, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy will welcome hikers and hiking enthusiasts to Black Dome ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – The East Tennessee hills are alive with the sound of music that comes out of them. The Appalachia Sessions are coming to the Bijou Theatre on Monday, December 5.The series is ...