Sept. 16, 1989, was a hot late-summer day in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Rev. Jim Sessions couldn’t sleep. He had a lot to be nervous about. The next morning, Sessions would drive two hours into the ...
Though the majority of data centers are located in urban or suburban areas, rural communities face unique challenges in the data center development landscape. In today’s AI era, workers are facing a ...
In today’s AI era, workers are facing a similar shift as miners nearly 40 years ago. Once again, a form of automation promises a productivity boom, but protections for workers — and communities — are ...
Appalachia@250 is produced in partnership with the Rural Digital Resilience Project to document Appalachians’ reflections on America’s past, present and future as part of the national US@250 ...
To fully appreciate the beauty of Tucker County, you must visit. Nestled at 3,500 feet in the gorgeous Allegheny Mountains along the Blackwater River, the town of Davis is at the highest elevation of ...
The New River Gorge is a jagged area in the middle of Southern West Virginia’s coalfields. Shaped by one of the oldest rivers in the world, whitewater rapids roll under its high petrified sandstone ...
Pamela Moe was reading the paper in late March when she spotted a public notice from a company she’d never heard of. Fundamental Data, a Virginia-based company, had applied for a permitfrom West ...
Derek Hudson has lived on the West Side of Charleston, West Virginia, his entire life. He grew up on Bigley Avenue, a major road that runs parallel to the Elk River and defines the eastern boundary of ...
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 ...