It’s been said that no matter how painful something is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. Those words pale in comparison to...

"Stories Bring Us Together" by Callie Creech. Growing up in Appalachia means growing up being told hundreds of folk tales and stories in...

When you hear the word “Appalachian,” the words “redneck” or “hillbilly”, often follow or are considered synonymous. In most portrayals,...

Produced by Rebekah McAuley and Abigail McDougal. “Within the Mountains" highlights ways that Appalachian people have historically and...

Produced by Hanna Maggard, Halle Kincer, and Skyler Holbrook. This podcast gives insight into the personal experiences of three students...

Growing up and living in Appalachia is a unique experience. The culture here is unlike any other when it comes to food, family...

Video produced by Allie Cornett. Ursula Cornett, German Immigrant to Appalachia describes Ursula’s journey to Eastern Kentucky and her...

Video produced by Colby Amburgey. Appalachian Food Culture is a video that discusses the importance of food in Appalachia. Our community...

When we tell our young folks about “The Floods of ‘22,” we won’t be able to tell them how our government sent in aid to help us. We won’t...

In third grade, we had a student teacher that taught historical facts and timelines of Johnson Co. (our home county) and she taught...

Note: This essay is an excerpt from a small booklet about the life story of Frankie Sue Best, complied by Steward Caffey and Masoud...

Shortly after I moved to South Carolina in 2018, I made a Spotify playlist filled with songs either about Kentucky or by Kentucky...

Nathan Hall has always had a connection to his home in Eastern Kentucky, and now he's working to create innovative opportunities for the...

Although now incorporated into the Pikeville City Limits and with access to city water, sewage, and other public amenities, in 1955,...

Growing up on Island Creek in Pikeville, KY, my sister and I had the best childhood ever. No, seriously, it was almost magical. For one,...

My husband told me about a dog he had when he was a boy. The dog had Beagle ears and body with a Chihuahua head, legs and tail. It yapped...

No one owned a pocket knife in the mountains of Appalachia; almost every man and boy carried a jackknife. It was a youngster’s rite of...

Anyone who lived in Pike County in 1957 can tell you a story about the great flood of that year. We lived just a few miles north of town,...

Tonight I sat alone in church listening for His voice A tranquility interrupted by the wailing horn of a northbound coal train winding...

From the editor: Tipper has been writing about all things Appalachian on her blog Blind Pig and the Acorn since 2008 and recently started...