Taking Flight: Will Drones Bring Jobs
Student teams from across the eastern Kentucky coalfields came together at the Knott County Sportsplex, bringing with them drones that they themselves had built....
Derek Akal’s Struggle to Stay
Derek Akal, 22, grew up in the famed coalfields of Harlan County, Kentucky. He’s a bit over six feet tall, he’s black, and he...
Western Front Hotel: Model Remodel
Can a boutique hotel and restaurant in a former downtown department store spark an economic revival in and around St. Paul, a coalfields town...
Who Owns Appalachia, Then and Now?
The success of efforts to rebuild the Appalachian economy may well depend on getting access to land for development. This episode of WMMT’s Mountain...
ARC Study Highlights Appalachia’s Tough Tasks Ahead
Since 2015 the Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded $94 million for Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) projects to help coal...
Black Sheep Brick Oven Bakery
Sometimes rebuilding an economy, and lives, means adding one or two jobs at a time. A new bakery established by folks at the Hemphill...
From Social Haunting to Community Healing
In this episode of WMMT’s Mountain Talk we explore the idea of social haunting, or how the troubles of the past might be playing...
Tiny Houses Tackle Big Problems
Three years ago, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative won a $30 million federal grant to support innovation and personalized learning in classrooms throughout eastern...
