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Inside Election Night As A Student Journalist
In 2020, 100 Days in Appalachia ran a story by a student journalist at Appalachian State University, taking readers inside ...
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Kentucky’s Amendment 2 is a radical redistribution of wealth from the poorest schools to the richest schools.
Of the many culture shocks I experienced moving from Ohio to the remote eastern Kentucky county of around 10,000 people my grandmother’s family calls home, none was greater than the stark contrast in ...
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A Political Power Play Overruled West Virginians in the Path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. They Still Feel Betrayed.
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A Church Channels Rush of Volunteers and Donations in Roan Mountain Flooding Aftermath
When the First Baptist Church in Roan Mountain, Tennessee had its first flood, it was devastating. That was in 1998, when the former church building took on at least six feet of water, according to ...
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Ahead of Elections, Gen Z West Virginians Focus On the Issues
According to CIRCLE at Tufts University, 53% of voters ages 18-34 cited inflation and cost of living as one of their top three issues. Michael Taylor, a junior studying philosophy and political ...
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Author: Skylar Baker-Jordan
I became president of the Outlet Alliance, our version of what was then popularly known as a gay-straight alliance, my freshman year at Western Kentucky University. I held this position for three ...