The Price of Recovery W.Va. Opioid Settlement Funds are Supposed to Reverse Years of Crisis. In Several Counties, They’re Being Used to Pay Regional Jail Bills.

On a warm summer day in late May, about 100 people are waiting for their turn to go inside the Neighborhood S.H.O.P., located in the annex of Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church on the West Side of ...

On a Tuesday afternoon, Michelle Allen is in her office in an empty Robert C. Byrd High School. Allen is the career and technical instructor at RCB and also runs GameChanger, the school’s prevention ...

As the Justice Department slashes funding to programs across the U.S., Wilkes County's planned recovery court was halted before it started.

Rural areas like Tucker County are caught in an AI-fueled tech boom that strains energy infrastructure and depletes natural resources.

On February 15, 2025, a catastrophic flood ravaged McDowell County, West Virginia, and much of the state’s southern coalfields. At least three people were reported dead due to the flash flooding, with ...

Hurricane Helene wrought historic devastation when it hit western North Carolina last September. Nearly 100 people were killed in the region and thousands were left injured, traumatized or homeless.

The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and revitalize resources.

On a late spring day in 2022, Rev. Brad Davis was riding along the twisting roads of McDowell County, West Virginia. Davis was soon to start his current job pastoring five United Methodist churches ...

As West Virginia’s foster care system struggles to hire and retain workers amid low pay and overwhelming caseloads, it stresses foster families and keeps kids from getting the attention they need.

Not only has Childers reformed how Appalachians think about addiction and religion, but he's re-cast the way the rest of the country views our story too.

In the wake of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin promising his vote for a major climate change bill in exchange for the pipeline's remaining permits, people in the project's path are torn on their next steps.