In “Mawmaw,” the photographer Anthony Wilson pays tribute to West Virginia women who, after one tragedy or another, care for ...

This week, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response ...

Debunking myths about Minnesota takes understanding the state's strengths and the truth behind its portrayal as a failed ...

Dale Earnhardt needed more than just a cup of coffee to get going in the morning during his early racing days. Dale Sr.’s ...

Poynter contest honors journalism excellence across 12 categories, from local accountability to climate change to First Amendment issues.

President Lyndon Johnson with Sargent Shriver, left, who led the anti-poverty program, and Bernard Boutin, deputy director of the program, in the White House on Oct. 5, 1965. (Anonymous/AP) Garrett ...

Garrett Ballengee is president and CEO of the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy. Charles Mitchell is a visiting fellow at the institute. On May 29, 1961, Alderson and Chloe Muncy of ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Somewhere in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, 40m below ground, guide Timothy Alva adjusts his flashlight. Stalactites drip, ...

I hiked the Appalachians to connect with nature—here's how Set in the forests of East Tennessee, Chattanooga has been named the first National Park City in the US thanks to its community’s close ...

Maddie McGarvey has photographed Appalachian Ohio for her entire career. (Photo courtesy of Maddie McGarvey) Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the ...

“I can’t help but think of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Called by aliens, the main character sculpting the mountain over and over again.” This is how Fia Backström describes her ...