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,...
2018 Great Mountain Mural Mega Fest
Can public art works and a community of artists stimulate economic growth? The folks at Higher Ground in Harlan believe they can. Watch as...
Music Series Brings People Together
Excitement is building for the second Levitt AMP Whitesburg Music Series, which is set to take place on the Mountain Heritage Festival Stage beginning...
Appalachia’s New Energy Interns
This edition of Making Connections News features three interviews that David Butler, host of the Clean Power Planet podcast, did with folks from the...
Hopes Rise With New RECLAIM Act
Over the past 6 years residents of coal-impacted communities and supporters across the country have urged Congress to pass the RECLAIM Act, which would...
Tapping Into Tradition
Could maple syrup become an income generating crop in the hills of Appalachia? Seth Long, who operates a small farm in Letcher County, KY,...
