Rehab hospitals that help people recover from major surgeries and injuries have become a highly lucrative slice of the health ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Appalachia's ID requirements intertwine with legislation, lawsuits, and logistical barriers restricting who can vote and how.

In 2017, when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security declared the electoral system “critical infrastructure,” state and local election officials around the country were forced to take cybersecurity ...

Here’s some context and clarity about the relationship between dominion theology and the NAR, the “apostles” and “prophets” who lead this movement, and what it all means for our politics.