Rethinking Retraining
In the midst of the Appalachian region’s declining industries, politicians are betting big on job training, with millions directed at those who lost jobs...
We Needed New Industry Here Yesterday
Scott Shoupe is interviewed by WMMT reporter Sydney Boles about his experience mining coal in Harlan County, Kentucky and in Alabama, and the transition...
After Six Years Will SOAR Lift Off?
Appalachia’s coal country is struggling to diversity its economy amidst the collapse of the coal industry. SOAR, or Shaping Our Appalachian Future, is an...
Pollinator Produce Partners
Becca Holmes and Joe Gorman run Pollinator Produce Partners in Duffield, Virginia. There they grow different vegetables than some other farms might, and they...
Kentucky Can Do Better With Tax Reform
One of the biggest challenges affecting efforts to rebuild eastern Kentucky’s economy is the failure of the state to properly invest in the region...
SNAP Cuts Hurt People And Economy
More than 600,000 Kentuckians, many of them children, are going hungry, according to a new “Map the Meal Gap” report by the group Feeding...
Use AML Funds to Reclaim, Rebuild
Most folks living in central Appalachia would agree that we need to create a new economy to counter the coal industry’s decline. But the...
Sarah Smarsh, Ken Ward on Rural Realities
Sarah Smarsh, author of the bestseller “Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth,” and Ken Ward,...
