You’ll find it on the menu of some of the state’s best barbecue restaurants, but if you ask those who call Kentucky home, the ...

This Pennsylvania museum offers Appalachian Trail history and a unique experience every hiker should add to their journey.

An estimated 6.5 million Americans live in homes built on or next to landslide-prone land, according to a major national ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A new Virginia Tech research project finds that people across the 13-state Appalachian region pronounce the word “Appalachia” differently — and that no single pronunciation is ...

"We have never considered the human geography of landslides." ...

Scientists have issued a dire warning after discovering 6.5 million Americans live on terrain at risk of potentially deadly ...

People pronounce the word "Appalachia" differently, and much of that contrast depends on where they live. But no matter how you say it, a Virginia Tech project shows that no one way trumps all. The ...

A first-of-its-kind database maps landslide risk for 128 million U.S. buildings, revealing where Americans face the greatest danger.

Appalachia. We all know what it is, but we may say it a little differently depending on where we’re from. A new project from Virginia Tech shows that no one way trumps all. The difference in ...

In the late summer of 1974 somebody set fire to the Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg. The blaze took the offices, the files, the ...

This could have far-reaching implications for economic growth as well as the future of programs like Social Security and ...

America: the land of the free (and the home of the brave). The land of opportunity. A nation of immigrants. A country built on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A country built on slavery.