Rare earth elements are a family of 17 metallic elements with unusual properties that make them useful for specific ...

Next week, the skies over Morgantown will be filled with balloons carrying tiny satellites aloft in a brand new summer camp at University. Beginning Saturday, 22 high schools from and Kentucky will ...

Retired Standard & Poor’s Director Jim Branscome has a theory for why Appalachia and rural America clings to Trump, and it ...

Rousseau was a repeat entrant in the prestigious Dijon Prize contests and actually won the coveted award a second time in ...

As the sun sets in the town of Nelson on Monday night, a crowd of people meander into Town Hall with instruments and water bottles in hand. It’s not long before cheering, stomping and the twang of ...

On a clear, sunny day in May, just a few weeks into the Smoky Mountain rafting season, Heather Ellis took a dozen people ...

The Transylvania Heritage Museum invites the public to explore Appalachian craftsmanship through its exhibit, "Mountain ...

The Black Appalachian Storyteller Fellowship will award $5,000 to six Black artists who best depict Appalachian culture and ...

Barbara Kingsolver tells the story of poverty and addiction in contemporary Appalachia in her novel “Demon Copperhead.” ...

A group of Appalachian businesses, organizations and local lawmakers are asking Congress to oppose proposed funding cuts to ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. On a clear, sunny day in May, just a few weeks into the Smoky Mountain ...

The first tourist season since the storm reveals how much rivers and livelihoods have changed.