After a flood destroyed their town, Kentucky residents faced the agonizing choice of whether to stay or to relocate to new ...

Brandon Pennington is tourism director for the city of Harlan and chair of the Kentucky Travel Industry Association. It’s his job to lead efforts to attract out-of-town visitors.

Rep. Hal Rogers has wanted another prison in eastern Kentucky for years. Local and national activists say the new land owners ...

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Kentucky, a community that once powered the nation was left forgotten, with few well-paying jobs or prospects. Many of its residents now live in poverty among empty storefronts and the stunning vistas ...

Reddit has been abuzz with a rumor that a shopper found a bottle of King of Kentucky bourbon on the shelves at Costco in California. We haven't been able to confirm if the post is true ...

And of course, these daydreams will also include outings to our Appalachian Mountains. The steep hills and dark hollows harken my mind to the many hunting and fishing excursions that 57 years have ...

The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) is excited to announce the finalists for this year’s upcoming 22nd Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition (AMPC) exhibition. With over 500 ...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Bray Tackett is an ARH Mountain Student Achiever. Tackett is a senior at Pikeville High School, where she has a GPA of 3.93. She is a member of the National Honor Society as ...

performing at the now-defunct Appalachian Uprising music festival. As the news of Watson’s death spreads fast that weekend, Skaggs took a moment during his headlining set to acknowledge his passing, ...

It also led to some unusually cold temperatures in some surprising places. Louisville, Kentucky experienced "bitterly cold" temperatures in the teens. Earlier in the day, Anchorage, Alaska ...