Appalachia

The Southeast Ohio Fibershed wants to create a supply chain for clothes to be made locally, from fiber to final cut.

In her new book, “Incomer,” Bonnie Proudfoot uses poetry to explore what it was like to make Central Appalachia her home.

In eastern Ohio’s Carroll County, the suicide rate is nearly double the state average. Community health workers are trying to change that.

A new report from Reimagine Appalachia finds that waste heat produced by AI data centers could be reused in surrounding cities and industries.

After millions in funding for USDA programs was canceled, only 12 businesses will be getting the money.

In ‘Legacy of Daughters’, an Ohio photographer traces the life of Paige Casto from infancy to adulthood.

After receiving historic amounts of rainfall earlier this year, Athens County is embarking on a project to map flooding and erosion patterns.

Cincinnati’s Urban Appalachian Community Coalition works to support people with Appalachian roots living in southwest Ohio. An oral historian with the organization interviewed dozens of Appalachian women to understand the impact of their migration to the city.

The southern Ohio city of Portsmouth is known for its floodwall murals. Now, a nonprofit is painting sidewalks, basketball courts and brick walls too. But federal funding cuts threaten the bigger picture.

Southern Ohio Folklife's oral history project shares the cultural traditions of Latino communities in Appalachia.