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Appalachia’s Environmental Votetracker 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1724
Maps of Appalachia -- poverty rates, life expectancy, etc. & mountaintop removal mining 4 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 3269
The Virginia side of the spill-- McAuliffe: Duke expected to pony up for coal ash spill 7 carolinayellowdog Mar 2014 Aug 2014 3 3665
Museum of Appalachia announces line-up for 35th Tennessee Fall Homecoming 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1715
Students learn to keep Appalachian music alive 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1794
LTTE: Services too far for rural poor in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1559
HandMade in America: Appalachian Women Entrepeneurs 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2102
Obama pulls the plug on mountaintop removal study 4 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Aug 2014 3 2603
Is Mitch McConnell's wife involved with anti-coal group? 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2049
Reviving folk agriculture in the modern food economy 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 1672
Report: Children in Appalachia worse off 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1684
Heads up! Rutherford County, NC food pantry needs our help 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1845
Appalachian 'house call' amplifies national maladies 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1676
Women of Appalachia: Their Stories and Their Art 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1647
Researchers Explain the 'Curious Bend' in Appalachian Mountain Chain 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3521
Photographer Aaron Blum's work shines a light on lives of those from Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1837
Southern Oral History Program, University of North Carolina 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1796
Coal miner says employees at Wise County mine had no warning of layoffs 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2170
Breaking the Grip of the Fossil Fuel Economy: If It Can Happen in Appalachia, It Can Happen Anywhere 9 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3376
What do Duke Energy and a messy teenager have in common? 2 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Aug 2014 2 1821
The War On Coal Miners: How Companies Hide The Threat Of Black Lung From Watchdogs And Workers 1 theHandpuppet May 2014 Jul 2014 1 2093
Looking at Appalachia -- William Gedney -- Part 1 4 Petrushka Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2480
Fiddlers convention returns to Ashe (NC) Aug. 1-2 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1933
In North Carolina, Asheville NOW calls for passage of the ERA 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1586
Natalie Tennant for West Virginia, Alison Lundergan Grimes for Kentucky 27 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 27 8879
Locals visit White House to explore rural economic opportunities 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1770
Appalachia tries to make a life after coal 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1746
East Tennessee State University Center hopes to clarify Appalachian misconceptions 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1703
Appalachian Transition Fellowships 1 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2086
Feeding Appalachia's hungry children through the summer 4 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 4684

Appalachia Continued...

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MUSIC OF COAL: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields 2 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2449
Prominent Women in Appalachian History 7 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 5283
Coca-Cola's 'ghost murals' being restored across Appalachia 3 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2524
Moonshine Culture May Have Given Way to a Preference for Small-Batch Meth 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1796
Need updated info for these Appalachian Summer Music Festivals 10 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Jul 2014 0 5618
Fancy Farm (August 2 political picnic) says: Keep it civil! 0 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1873
WV Veterans and Warriors to Ag 1 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2444
Appalachian Mountain Music & Dance Videos 19 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Jul 2014 2 9447
Huntington's Kitchen 0 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1765
Federal Court Ruling Protects Appalachian Waters 2 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2291
Take a Tour of Good Food Across Appalachia 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2977
Signs of climate change come to the Appalachians 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2007
These Two Friends Want to Document and Preserve Appalachian Culture 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 2875
$3.75 million grant awarded to promote colorectal cancer screening in central Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 7934
Record number of volunteers for Appalachia Service Project 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1641
Anyone interested in co-hosting Appalachian Group? 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1760
Appalachia -- 2014's races to watch in KY, VA, WV, NC & TN 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1740
Tribal Nations of the Ohio River 1 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1999
Why Stopping Corporate Personhood in Appalachia is not the way to go: 5 truedelphi Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 3069
July 31 EPA Climate Change Hearing 1 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1938
An Enemy of the People 0 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1963
ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1987
Eastern Kentucky getting $1 million grant as part of SOAR program 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1911
A Blue State’s Road to Red (West Virginia) 2 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2075
Packhorse librarians of Kentucky 3 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2817
Behavioral characteristics of Appalachian community contribute to epidemic of hepatitis C 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1681
A new species of moth from the Appalachian Mountains named to honor the Cherokee Nation 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1743
The Stephenson Center for Appalachia Announces Summer Lecture Series Schedule for the 2014 Season 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1577
Affrilachian author Crystal Wilkinson embraces Appalachian roots 3 theHandpuppet Apr 2014 Jul 2014 1 3125
Researchers Discuss Origins of Melungeon Heritage at Annual Event 2 carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2419

Appalachia Continued...

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What’s the Matter With Eastern Kentucky? 21 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 14 14151
30 Years in Appalachia: Moving Beyond the Hillbilly Clichés 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1904
iTunes - Podcasts - Appalachian History by Dave Tabler 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1664
In memory of Ann Yasuhara, Social Justice Activist 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2065
Eight arrested during Mountaintop Removal protest 3 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 5 2168
MECC to host 18th Melungeon Union (Big Stone Gap, VA) 1 carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2625
Residents of Appalachia try to give new life to old mines using a beloved chestnut tree 3 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2316
Groups say Justice’s Tennessee mines pollute water 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1687
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1427
Are "Hillbilly" & "Redneck" Nation's Last Acceptable Stereotypes? 14 theHandpuppet May 2014 Jun 2014 1 11241
The Rainbow Pride of West Virginia parade celebrates diversity 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1682
Volunteer registration opens for Big Clinch River Cleanup (TN) 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1426
From Hoboken to Appalachia: Local teen volunteers with poor families in West Virginia 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1581
Produce auction helps shoppers, farmers in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1523
The Appalchian Project (TAP) documentary filming in southern Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1752
The Appalachian Community Fund 1 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1925
Article in UK newspaper demands a local response ... 6 Fred ONeill Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 4402
In Appalachia, coal remains king of the hill 1 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1972
(Video) Silas House urges fellow Appalachian academics to join the fight against gay discrimination 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2159
Okay, I need some feedback from this group regarding an article 16 theHandpuppet May 2014 Jun 2014 3 7321
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