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Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his Wednesday night speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots, but it wasn't the first time he had shared his personal story.
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Business & EconomyResearchers at Ohio University are working on a project to help bring electric planes to more Appalachian airports. The school recently received $500,000 from the federal Appalachian Regional Commission for its work.
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Don MacRostie has been hand crafting mandolins in southeast Ohio for nearly 50 years.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentCoal has played a critical role in shaping Central Appalachian culture and identity. A new documentary remembers its legacy, while looking ahead to the future.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council received a $12.5 million federal grant to fill in gaps in electric vehicle infrastructure. It plans to use the money to build 50 charging stations across southern Ohio.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe coal industry has been declining for decades, leaving a disrupted, and often dangerous, landscape in its wake. Now, a federal program seeks to revitalize abandoned mine land.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentFunding from the Appalachian Regional Commission will help Ohio communities across the state build employment programs for those recovering from addiction.
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Moonville is an abandoned railroad town in Hocking Hills. Nobody lives there anymore, but its stories live on.
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Rural welder David Griesmeyer created the Ohio Arts Corridor, a quirky public art trail, to bring people into Appalachia in hopes they’ll stay awhile.
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Business & EconomyAppalachians are disconnected from the workforce. Some think a federal employment program could helpMore than 150,000 working-age Central Appalachian residents aren’t in the labor force. The Ohio River Valley Institute says that makes it ripe for a federally subsidized workforce program.