NPR and Member stations in Appalachia and the Mid-South have launched a collaboration aimed at strengthening local news coverage and bringing more stories from this region to the rest of the country. The new Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom is a collaboration between West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WPLN and WUOT in Tennessee, LPM, WEKU-Lexington/Richmond, WKMS-Murray and WKU Public Radio in Kentucky.
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President Donald Trump’s growing trade war with China is putting added stress on American soybean farmers’ already tight margins. -
Business owners and city officials in Nashville have implemented a program that uses an opioid reversal kit created in West Virginia to bolster harm reduction efforts in the city’s tourism district. -
It's been 15 years since the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia. Family members and others from the community gathered over the weekend to remember those who lost their lives in one of the worst mining accidents of the past half century. -
High floodwaters and severe weather led to several fatalities and destroyed homes across the mid-south region as local governments work to curb flooding. -
Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest mine disaster in more than half a century at the Upper Big Branch mine. Appalachia Mid-South Newsroom's Justin Hicks recently interviewed survivor Stanley "Goose" Stewart at his home in West Virginia. -
A steel industry conference in Kentucky this week brought together business leaders coincidentally as President Donald Trump announced varying tariffs across the globe. There were mixed reactions, but everyone agreed the volatility is challenging. -
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to boost mineral production “to the maximum possible extent” as whistleblowers warn federal budget cuts are severely weakening the agency meant to keep mine workers safe. -
With President Donald Trump back in office, fossil fuels are again at the forefront of the nation’s energy policy. Trump posted on social media this week calling for more energy production with "beautiful, clean coal," prompting interactions from West Virginia’s governor and senior senator. But those ambitions are far from certain, even in the nation’s most coal-reliant state. -
As the U.S. remains embattled in an ever-changing trade war with Canada and tariffs from the European Union loom, bourbon makers in Kentucky are trying to find their footing and plan a path forward. -
Kentucky businesses are feeling the impacts of President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs — even when they use metal made in America.
