The long read: Around the turn of the millennium, hedge fund investors put an audacious bet on coal mining in the US. The bet failed – but it was the workers and the environment that paid the price
While big-name chefs take up Appalachian cooking, a farm couple are using old seeds and recipes to tell a more complex story and lift up their region.
With the right federal response, it could become a model of renewal for other places around the country that prosperity has left behind.
Nine inches of rain nearly wiped Richwood, West Virginia, off the map. As waters rise around the globe, this tiny town offers a terrifying vision of our future—if we don’t act.
A young couple’s grocery store could start a patty pilgrimage to Capon Bridge.
Chefs like Sean Brock and Katie Button are embracing and expanding on the region’s cooking, which is far more varied than most people realize.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail, known for its dogged accountability journalism, survived a merger and bankruptcy. Will it survive a new owner with ties to the very industries its reporters have been watchdogging?
To find real solitude, you have to go out of range. But every year that’s harder to do, as America’s off-the-grid places disappear.
It offends rich people who don’t like fun, and what’s more fun than that?
In 2016, a West Virginia police officer came upon a young man in distress who asked the officer to shoot him. The officer didn’t. A few minutes, another officer did. Only one of them lost their job.
The potent homemade whiskey is a hand-me-down through generations and a favorite of visiting fans. It's also illegal -- not that anyone cares.
Remote as they seem, communities just three hours from Washington, D.C., are more than a jumping-off point for world-class outdoor adventures.
For Joe Manchin, it's simple: Keep it local. Focus on health care. And don't run against the president.
Some claim this West Virginian rock art was written by Irish monks in the Ogham.
Famous photos of Appalachia in the Depression tell only part of the story.
This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.