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Can Appalachian communities influence mine cleanup, create jobs, diversify economy? 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1185
East Liverpool and the Unforgiving Economy of Rural Appalachia 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1382
Just a couple of suggestions on how to raise the visibility of our group 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1466
Fresh From Appalachia: Chinese Medicinal Herbs 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1664
Dammit -- I wish I could celebrate this 6 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2153
Elections matter: The problem with political reporting, campaign consultants and the coal industry 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1295
Appalachia on Film: Resources 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1290
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL: Stop the suffering in Appalachia 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1870
Museum of the Cherokee Indian receives North Carolina Arts Council Grant 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1352
Archaeologists Uncover Paleoindian Habitation in Upland Area of Tennessee 3 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1624
Native Americans of the Appalachians -- Resources 5 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 9252
Study Shows Direct Connections Between Mountaintop Removal Dust Exposure and Lung Cancer 6 A Little Weird Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1902
Coal Miners Fired in Appalachia Getting Hired in Wyoming 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1291
Poor teeth (from Good Reads) 1 A Little Weird Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1430
Need some help checking out this website 11 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3476
North Carolinians speak out against fracking: Are elected officials listening? 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1392
Growing up gay in Appalachia 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2437
Poverty impacts students throughout Athens County, Ohio 7 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2155
Should the feds bail out coal miners? 6 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3606
Democrats, like mining, may never fully recover in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1324
Helping People in “Coal Country” as the Nation Divests from Carbon 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2843
Appalachian transition: Why coalfield residents need to help themselves diversify their economy 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1249
Marshall University's family medicine students stay in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1177
The Appalachian Community Fund 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1335
How the War on Poverty became the War on the Poor: Central Appalachia as a case example 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1891
"African-Americans in Western North Carolina" conference set for Oct 23-24 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3500
Losing the War on Coal: One Virginia town's painful decline 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1264
Appalachian Studies: Web Resources 8 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Oct 2014 4 2521
ARC's "Investing in Appalachia's Youth Conference" 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1415
Complex Market Forces Are Challenging Appalachian Coal Mining 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1443

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Federal Court Backs EPA’s Veto Of One Of The Largest Surface Mines Ever Proposed In Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1374
An Appalachian love affair: Dabney chronicals moonshiners 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1246
Don't Let Big Coal Destroy America's History 2 jen63 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2199
Evidence the Irish found West Virginia before Columbus found America 2 Petrushka Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1824
Grow Appalachia: Bringing gardens and fresh food to Appalachian families 4 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1859
Land Trust celebrates acquisition of Gauley River tract 5 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1599
Appalachian fall music festivals 11 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Oct 2014 2 3773
Food Insecurity In Rural Appalachia: Gender-Based Violence of Women Affected by Incarceration 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1298
The 4th Annual Boone Heritage Festival Held Sun, Oct. 12 Celebrating Southern Appalachian Heritage 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1224
Mountaintop Removal 17 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Oct 2014 5 5926
Tom Eblen: Forums look at what Kentucky can learn from former Welsh coalfields 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1557
Congressional Budget Office: GOP coal bill would cost $97M 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1151
The Giants of Appalachia 0 Petrushka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1701
The women of Appalachia - fearless and still fighting 6 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Sep 2014 5 3270
Kentucky group to present ideas on improving Appalachia 7 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2225
College scholarships for Appalachian students 2 theHandpuppet May 2014 Sep 2014 2 13701
The Hillbilly Stereotype: Razing History, Leveling Appalachia 9 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 2491
Ceremony to recognize coal miners of segregation 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1318
David Holt: Crossing the musical bridge of Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1359
Worst form of black lung is roaring back 4 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1746
Census report: 1 in 4 W.Va. kids lives in poverty 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1263
Legislative leaders say coal rhetoric not helping 3 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1511
Mountain top removal mining 2 jen63 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2573
Locals named ‘Kentucky Appalachian Heroes’ 2 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1440
Notice to those in the Marysville, Tennessee area 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1316
Appalachian groups, citizens head to Washington to advocate for protection from mountaintop removal 3 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1441
Review - Musical journey from Scotland, Ireland to Appalachia explored 2 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1725
Universities get $5 million grant aimed at improving worker safety in Kentucky 1 A Little Weird Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1317
Introducing RAMP: Rockin' Appalachian Mom Project 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1248
Two E. Tennessee ex-mining towns try to change their fortunes 5 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1901

Appalachia Continued...

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Stones and bones: Volunteers help resurrect local African-American history (NC) 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1299
Labor Day Rememberance: United Mine Workers of America 9 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 4 3306
Remembering James Weekley, mountaintop removal activist 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 3 1508
Why abundant coal may have ‘cursed’ the Appalachian economy 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 1 1582
Women of Appalachia: Annual event seeking art, stories from local women 3 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 2 1935
Interview With Wired Appalachian Advocate, Dana Kuhnline 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1100
Western NC Fracktivism events: 2 gklagan Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1794
Artificial heart pioneer Dr. John C. Norman Jr. dead at 84 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 7547
Alert! Federal appeals court says groups can sue over Blair Mountain 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1256
Appalachia’s Environmental Votetracker 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1223
Maps of Appalachia -- poverty rates, life expectancy, etc. & mountaintop removal mining 4 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2411
The Virginia side of the spill-- McAuliffe: Duke expected to pony up for coal ash spill 7 carolinayellowdog Mar 2014 Aug 2014 3 2212
Museum of Appalachia announces line-up for 35th Tennessee Fall Homecoming 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1235
Students learn to keep Appalachian music alive 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1207
LTTE: Services too far for rural poor in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1114
HandMade in America: Appalachian Women Entrepeneurs 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1512
Obama pulls the plug on mountaintop removal study 4 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Aug 2014 3 1754
Is Mitch McConnell's wife involved with anti-coal group? 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1486
Reviving folk agriculture in the modern food economy 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 1188
Report: Children in Appalachia worse off 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1210
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