Tag: Appalachia

From left to right: British author and humorist Jennifer Munro; downtown Jonesborough, Tennessee; a festivalgoer takes notes. (Farahn Morgan)

The power of storytelling: What the country could learn from a small-town festival

Farahn Morgan · October 17, 2026 8:32 am

Edith Wilson's birthplace.

Take the Wilderness Road and you’ll find the Appalachian first lady who fooled Washington

Salena Zito · October 9, 2026 8:31 pm

Aligned Data Centers broke ground late last week on its 2-gigawatt data center project in Beaver County located on part of the former Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant.

Ground broken on a Rust Belt powerhouse: Shippingport’s data hub rises in the Age of AI Anxiety

Salena Zito · September 16, 2026 9:10 am

Country singer Dolly Parton appears at a rehearsal session in Nashville on Nov. 11, 1982. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Dolly Parton, 1946-2026

Daniel Ross Goodman · August 28, 2026 5:05 am

President Franklin D. Roosevelt carves the turkey during the annual Thanksgiving dinner

Arthurdale’s New Deal experiment, and the debate over socialism

Salena Zito · August 27, 2026 4:55 pm

AVERY COUNTY- The five member band includes Garrett Dillinger, Ryland Bagbey, Sarah, Vann, Wells Whitman and Ethan Moore, their inception began in the back of a unheated bus at a snowboard company parking lot.

Appalachian awakening: Rewriting American music culture

Salena Zito · June 25, 2026 3:07 pm

Thomas Tull

The quiet man

Salena Zito · April 28, 2026 11:23 am

JD Belcher, the host of a popular podcast covering folk takes in Appalachia.

The choices that we make

Salena Zito · January 30, 2026 6:01 pm

The city of Pittsburgh downtown looking from the city's Hill District neighborhood (photo by Walter Stein, Carnegie library collection courtesy)

You don’t have to look far to see a snow storm bringing out our best

Salena Zito · January 23, 2026 5:43 pm

Host of the Bear Grease podcast, part of the MeatEater podcast network, Clay Newcomb is a seventh-generation Arkansan and chronicler of rural American culture. Stories told around the campfire are deeply rooted in American culture and the folklore attached to them has been passed on for multiple generations. (courtesy Clay Newcomb)

American folklore is more than just scary stories; it carries a value system

Salena Zito · October 21, 2025 5:46 pm

The Bedford Springs Hotel, in rural Bedford County, Pennsylvania, hosts events throughout October, including the fall festival, and has been rejuvenating economic prosperity and community pride since it reopened 20 years ago.

Small-town festivals celebrate and strengthen communities

Salena Zito · October 10, 2025 11:44 am

Whatley

Michael Whatley is running to restore North Carolina values

Salena Zito · September 10, 2025 11:27 am