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Pawpaws not any old fruit, and this isn’t any old festival 12 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Oct 2014 4 6391
The Jewish Experience in Appalachia: Resources 4 theHandpuppet May 2014 Oct 2014 2 3243
We have a new Co-Host for Appalachia Group 3 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2297
Will Feds Issue Protective Respirators to Kids, Families Near Mountaintop Removal Sites? 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2131
Dept. of Environmental Protection in WV continues to prove its name is an oxymoron 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1945
Opinion: Pass the ACHE Act and Stop Destroying Appalachia 3 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2282
The Black Experience in Appalachia: Resources 8 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Oct 2014 2 4624
Employees of DEP-certified lab conspired to violate Clean Water Act 4 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 8 3113
A Queer Film Festival In The Middle of Appalachia? Yes, Please. 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1776
Seminar takes Notre Dame Students to Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1720
Need feedback from Appalachian Group 10 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Oct 2014 3 4048
Can Appalachian communities influence mine cleanup, create jobs, diversify economy? 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1703
East Liverpool and the Unforgiving Economy of Rural Appalachia 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2079
Just a couple of suggestions on how to raise the visibility of our group 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2108
Fresh From Appalachia: Chinese Medicinal Herbs 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2372
Dammit -- I wish I could celebrate this 6 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 4069
Elections matter: The problem with political reporting, campaign consultants and the coal industry 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1907
Appalachia on Film: Resources 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1872
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL: Stop the suffering in Appalachia 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 2534
Museum of the Cherokee Indian receives North Carolina Arts Council Grant 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1952
Archaeologists Uncover Paleoindian Habitation in Upland Area of Tennessee 3 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2593
Native Americans of the Appalachians -- Resources 5 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 10456
Study Shows Direct Connections Between Mountaintop Removal Dust Exposure and Lung Cancer 6 A Little Weird Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 3176
Coal Miners Fired in Appalachia Getting Hired in Wyoming 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1901
Poor teeth (from Good Reads) 1 A Little Weird Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2125
Need some help checking out this website 11 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 5183
North Carolinians speak out against fracking: Are elected officials listening? 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2105
Growing up gay in Appalachia 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3169
Poverty impacts students throughout Athens County, Ohio 7 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3413
Should the feds bail out coal miners? 6 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 5143

Appalachia Continued...

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Democrats, like mining, may never fully recover in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1856
Helping People in “Coal Country” as the Nation Divests from Carbon 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3883
Appalachian transition: Why coalfield residents need to help themselves diversify their economy 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1813
Marshall University's family medicine students stay in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1705
The Appalachian Community Fund 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1858
How the War on Poverty became the War on the Poor: Central Appalachia as a case example 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2450
"African-Americans in Western North Carolina" conference set for Oct 23-24 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 4182
Losing the War on Coal: One Virginia town's painful decline 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1786
Appalachian Studies: Web Resources 8 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Oct 2014 4 4086
ARC's "Investing in Appalachia's Youth Conference" 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1979
Complex Market Forces Are Challenging Appalachian Coal Mining 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2157
Federal Court Backs EPA’s Veto Of One Of The Largest Surface Mines Ever Proposed In Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1909
An Appalachian love affair: Dabney chronicals moonshiners 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1832
Don't Let Big Coal Destroy America's History 2 jen63 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3100
Evidence the Irish found West Virginia before Columbus found America 2 Petrushka Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2614
Grow Appalachia: Bringing gardens and fresh food to Appalachian families 4 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2962
Land Trust celebrates acquisition of Gauley River tract 5 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2663
Appalachian fall music festivals 11 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Oct 2014 2 5763
Food Insecurity In Rural Appalachia: Gender-Based Violence of Women Affected by Incarceration 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1863
The 4th Annual Boone Heritage Festival Held Sun, Oct. 12 Celebrating Southern Appalachian Heritage 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1771
Mountaintop Removal 17 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Oct 2014 5 9521
Tom Eblen: Forums look at what Kentucky can learn from former Welsh coalfields 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2179
Congressional Budget Office: GOP coal bill would cost $97M 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1683
The Giants of Appalachia 0 Petrushka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2326
The women of Appalachia - fearless and still fighting 6 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Sep 2014 5 4696
Kentucky group to present ideas on improving Appalachia 7 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 3482
College scholarships for Appalachian students 2 theHandpuppet May 2014 Sep 2014 2 14722
The Hillbilly Stereotype: Razing History, Leveling Appalachia 9 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 3882
Ceremony to recognize coal miners of segregation 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1838
David Holt: Crossing the musical bridge of Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1868

Appalachia Continued...

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Worst form of black lung is roaring back 4 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2675
Census report: 1 in 4 W.Va. kids lives in poverty 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1783
Legislative leaders say coal rhetoric not helping 3 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2301
Mountain top removal mining 2 jen63 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 3666
Locals named ‘Kentucky Appalachian Heroes’ 2 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2111
Notice to those in the Marysville, Tennessee area 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1853
Appalachian groups, citizens head to Washington to advocate for protection from mountaintop removal 3 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2277
Review - Musical journey from Scotland, Ireland to Appalachia explored 2 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2551
Universities get $5 million grant aimed at improving worker safety in Kentucky 1 A Little Weird Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2011
Introducing RAMP: Rockin' Appalachian Mom Project 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1863
Two E. Tennessee ex-mining towns try to change their fortunes 5 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2985
Stones and bones: Volunteers help resurrect local African-American history (NC) 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1881
Labor Day Rememberance: United Mine Workers of America 9 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 4 4876
Remembering James Weekley, mountaintop removal activist 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 3 2212
Why abundant coal may have ‘cursed’ the Appalachian economy 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 1 2267
Women of Appalachia: Annual event seeking art, stories from local women 3 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 2 2680
Interview With Wired Appalachian Advocate, Dana Kuhnline 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1617
Western NC Fracktivism events: 2 gklagan Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2684
Artificial heart pioneer Dr. John C. Norman Jr. dead at 84 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 8191
Alert! Federal appeals court says groups can sue over Blair Mountain 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1805
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