A Survivor Recounts His Escape From Impact Plastics
Oct 4, 2024 · A sign at the entrance of Riverview Industrial Park in Erwin, Tennessee, where Impact Plastics is located. On Friday, September 27, 2024, intense rainfall from Hurricane Helene flooded the Nolichucky River, which runs beside the only road in and out of the industrial park.
On “Making It” in Appalachia
Sep 24, 2024 · I owe all my successes to other people from West Virginia, be that my grandparents who raised me or my many teachers who also got their education in the region. There is so much talent here: the foundations of mathematics and physics I learned in high school from John McElwain (Berea College), Dan Cutlip (West Virginia University), and Charles Toumazous (Glenville State College) gave me a base ...
Tyler Childers’ Appalachia: How the Country Singer Challenges our ...
Dec 30, 2024 · The first time I heard Tyler Childers’ voice I was riding in the passenger seat of a 15-year-old car late at night through the back roads of West Virginia. It was 2019, and I was 17 years old. And even though my first encounter with Childers’ music was five years ago, his songs have continued to ...
North Carolina Evacuees Take Refuge in Fletcher Ag Center …
Sep 30, 2024 · This story was originally published by The Assembly NC.. Just two weeks ago, the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher was an epicenter of joy and merriment for the thousands of people who poured in for the annual Mountain State Fair.
A Church Channels Rush of Volunteers and Donations in Roan …
Oct 30, 2024 · When the First Baptist Church in Roan Mountain, Tennessee had its first flood, it was devastating. That was in 1998, when the former church building took on at least six feet of water, according to pastor Geren Street.
Front Porch Politics: JD Vance, Tim Walz, and Appalachian …
Oct 22, 2024 · From an attempted assassination and an historic withdrawal from the race, the 2024 election has already had more twists and turns than an Aaron Sorkin screenplay. I should be forgiven, then, for how emotionally invested I became in the veepstakes. I did not imagine ever caring this much about running […]
Meet a Doctor Inside a W.Va. Crisis Support Center Who Relies on …
Jul 18, 2024 · Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or visit findtreatment.gov.. At the West Virginia University Crisis Support and Recovery Center, the staff takes hope seriously.
What is the New Apostolic Reformation? How a Religio-Political …
Sep 3, 2024 · Apostles and prophets. Spiritual warfare. Dominionism and the New Apostolic Reformation. You might come across these terms if you follow politics these days.
For These Drag Queens, Their Queerness and Appalachian Identity …
Dec 19, 2024 · Under fluorescent stage lights at a bar outside of Louisville, Baby St. Jane strips off her burgundy gown to reveal a black lingerie bodice. The room shakes with hoots and hollers from the audience as the Appalachian drag queen — born and raised in rural Kentucky — seems to glimmer on stage in her electric blue wig.
Across Appalachia, photo ID laws complicate voting further
Oct 1, 2024 · Campion remembers having to give a provisional ballot to a college student who came to vote with a Maryland driver’s license. Although she recommended the student obtain a Tennessee driver’s license, she recognized that the process of making it to the DMV is burdensome in itself.