All across Appalachian Eastern Kentucky, the story of flood victims is the same: Homes that they had lived in for decades, properties that were safe for generations were wiped out by a 1,000-year ...

Head of the East Kentucky Patriots, Roger Ford, brought Here & Now through the hills and hollers. Ford explains how residents in this region are mourning a wealthy pride from past generations. Part 4.

• Appalachia Kentucky is home to nearly half, or 39, of Appalachia’s 80 distressed counties. The complexities of the challenges facing Appalachia Kentucky have been studied and debated.

"The Appalachian region is just like the rest of the U.S. — only more," said Frieden, who spoke in several spots in the region on the invitation of Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky.

Six 21st century learning centers run by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Appalachia will close permanently if the Trump administration doesn’t restore $87 million in frozen federal education funding to ...

New data released by the Appalachian Regional Commission Tuesday show per capita annual income fell by more than $1,000 in several Eastern Kentucky counties from 2016 to 2017, the most recent year ...

JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Torrential rains unleashed devastating floods in Appalachia on Thursday, as fast-rising water killed at least eight people in Kentucky and sent people scurrying to rooftops ...

Kentucky has 12 state prisons, plus five federal prisons. The Virginia state prison in Big Stone Gap is just across the state line. In March 2019, the number of people under the jurisdiction of the ...

Healing Appalachia, a recovery-focused music festival, will take place in Boyd County featuring local talent and headliners Chris Stapleton and Tyler Childers.

ASHLAND, Ky. (FOX 56) — After five years in West Virginia, the world’s largest recovery-based music festival is bringing hope to the hills of eastern Kentucky. The region took a hard hit amid ...

Kentucky may become the first state to effectively outlaw abortion. But the women in Appalachia would simply like birth control, sex ed and honest talk.

PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky students are tackling the issue of cancer in Eastern Kentucky through a book, "The Cancer Crisis in Appalachia: Kentucky Students Take ACTION." ...