In 2025, public radio reporters from across Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia captured scenes of harrowing destruction from tornadoes, floods and ice storms; the joy of a child re-learning how to ...

Ten projects aimed at improving the economy and health in Eastern Kentucky been awarded more than $11.5 million in federal funding, the Appalachian Regional Commission announced Wednesday. The money ...

ASHLAND, Ky. — Two sons of the Country Music Highway will co-headline a music festival that’s moving to eastern Kentucky for the first time. Healing Appalachia has been held in West Virginia over the ...

The music festival raises money for drug recovery. Tens of thousands of people made their way to Ashland this past weekend for "Healing Appalachia." The annual music festival raises money for drug ...

Sometimes, the middle of nowhere is the exact place you want to be, as folks who've been to the "Fishing Capital of Kentucky" ...

Whitney Johnson can’t imagine living anywhere else. Eastern Kentucky, and more specifically Lawrence County, is home and she’s proud of that — so much so she has the word “Appalachian” tattooed on her ...

Apr. 18—ASHLAND — A collection of art and a book of stories by young Kentuckians from area counties are meant to communicate a heavy message. The art exhibit, which will continue through May 30 at the ...

Krystal Holbrook’s family started moving possessions to higher ground long before dawn, racing to save them from the rapidly rising floodwaters that were menacing southeastern Kentucky. Her family ...

An exploration of some of the big and small ideas moving the Appalachian region forward when it comes to community inclusion and equity, climate change, disaster resiliency, affordable housing, ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Following historic flooding in Eastern Kentucky, Gray Television stations in Nebraska are once again partnering with organizations committed to relief efforts. In “Appalachia ...

The recent death of former Kentucky poet laureate Gurney Norman has been keenly felt all across the literary world and of ...