CANE in Action
Across Appalachia, communities are experimenting with ways to develop sustainable agriculture as a business sector and to increase access to nutritious foods. WMMT recently...
Raising CANE For Local Foods
Individuals and organizations in Eastern Kentucky’s Letcher County came together to develop the former Whitesburg High School cafeteria into a community kitchen. Calling the...
Saving Black Lung Benefits
One in five veteran coal miners in Central Appalachia now has black lung disease. But the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund which provides critical...
Why A Great Mountain Mural Mega Fest?
What makes a town or small community a place where people want to live? Where strangers want to move to? WMMT reports on the...
Ronni Lundy: Listen to the People
Ronni Lundy, whose recent book “Victuals” won the prestigious James Beard Award, was guest speaker at the 2018 East Kentucky Leadership Conference. She spoke...
App Harvest Plans Massive Solar Greenhouse
Could increasing agricultural production be part of the solution to Appalachia’s economic woes? WMMT DJ Jim Webb interviews Jonathan Webb, founder and CEO of...
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...
