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Museum of Appalachia announces line-up for 35th Tennessee Fall Homecoming 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1423
Students learn to keep Appalachian music alive 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1434
LTTE: Services too far for rural poor in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1277
HandMade in America: Appalachian Women Entrepeneurs 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1736
Obama pulls the plug on mountaintop removal study 4 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Aug 2014 3 2092
Is Mitch McConnell's wife involved with anti-coal group? 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1689
Reviving folk agriculture in the modern food economy 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 1371
Report: Children in Appalachia worse off 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1378
Heads up! Rutherford County, NC food pantry needs our help 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1544
Appalachian 'house call' amplifies national maladies 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1374
Women of Appalachia: Their Stories and Their Art 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1363
Researchers Explain the 'Curious Bend' in Appalachian Mountain Chain 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3082
Photographer Aaron Blum's work shines a light on lives of those from Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1535
Southern Oral History Program, University of North Carolina 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1504
Coal miner says employees at Wise County mine had no warning of layoffs 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1714
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 2475
What do Duke Energy and a messy teenager have in common? 2 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Aug 2014 2 1423
The War On Coal Miners: How Companies Hide The Threat Of Black Lung From Watchdogs And Workers 1 theHandpuppet May 2014 Jul 2014 1 1731
Looking at Appalachia -- William Gedney -- Part 1 4 Petrushka Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1912
Fiddlers convention returns to Ashe (NC) Aug. 1-2 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1580
In North Carolina, Asheville NOW calls for passage of the ERA 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1290
Natalie Tennant for West Virginia, Alison Lundergan Grimes for Kentucky 27 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 27 6786
Locals visit White House to explore rural economic opportunities 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1471
Appalachia tries to make a life after coal 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1434
East Tennessee State University Center hopes to clarify Appalachian misconceptions 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1405
Appalachian Transition Fellowships 1 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1709
Feeding Appalachia's hungry children through the summer 4 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 4075
MUSIC OF COAL: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields 2 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2029
Prominent Women in Appalachian History 7 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 4523
Coca-Cola's 'ghost murals' being restored across Appalachia 3 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2006

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Moonshine Culture May Have Given Way to a Preference for Small-Batch Meth 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1491
Need updated info for these Appalachian Summer Music Festivals 10 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Jul 2014 0 4514
Fancy Farm (August 2 political picnic) says: Keep it civil! 0 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1572
WV Veterans and Warriors to Ag 1 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2093
Appalachian Mountain Music & Dance Videos 19 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Jul 2014 2 7483
Huntington's Kitchen 0 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1473
Federal Court Ruling Protects Appalachian Waters 2 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1817
Take a Tour of Good Food Across Appalachia 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2236
Signs of climate change come to the Appalachians 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1630
These Two Friends Want to Document and Preserve Appalachian Culture 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 2224
$3.75 million grant awarded to promote colorectal cancer screening in central Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 3072
Record number of volunteers for Appalachia Service Project 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1325
Anyone interested in co-hosting Appalachian Group? 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1457
Appalachia -- 2014's races to watch in KY, VA, WV, NC & TN 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1434
Tribal Nations of the Ohio River 1 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1616
Why Stopping Corporate Personhood in Appalachia is not the way to go: 5 truedelphi Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2446
July 31 EPA Climate Change Hearing 1 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1563
An Enemy of the People 0 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1650
ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1614
Eastern Kentucky getting $1 million grant as part of SOAR program 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1558
A Blue State’s Road to Red (West Virginia) 2 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1667
Packhorse librarians of Kentucky 3 Tanuki Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2271
Behavioral characteristics of Appalachian community contribute to epidemic of hepatitis C 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1386
A new species of moth from the Appalachian Mountains named to honor the Cherokee Nation 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1421
The Stephenson Center for Appalachia Announces Summer Lecture Series Schedule for the 2014 Season 0 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1329
Affrilachian author Crystal Wilkinson embraces Appalachian roots 3 theHandpuppet Apr 2014 Jul 2014 1 2583
Researchers Discuss Origins of Melungeon Heritage at Annual Event 2 carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1953
What’s the Matter With Eastern Kentucky? 21 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 14 12154
30 Years in Appalachia: Moving Beyond the Hillbilly Clichés 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1588
iTunes - Podcasts - Appalachian History by Dave Tabler 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1372

Appalachia Continued...

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In memory of Ann Yasuhara, Social Justice Activist 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1767
Eight arrested during Mountaintop Removal protest 3 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 5 1684
MECC to host 18th Melungeon Union (Big Stone Gap, VA) 1 carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2245
Residents of Appalachia try to give new life to old mines using a beloved chestnut tree 3 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1825
Groups say Justice’s Tennessee mines pollute water 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1392
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1171
Are "Hillbilly" & "Redneck" Nation's Last Acceptable Stereotypes? 14 theHandpuppet May 2014 Jun 2014 1 9608
The Rainbow Pride of West Virginia parade celebrates diversity 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1348
Volunteer registration opens for Big Clinch River Cleanup (TN) 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1139
From Hoboken to Appalachia: Local teen volunteers with poor families in West Virginia 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1277
Produce auction helps shoppers, farmers in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1225
The Appalchian Project (TAP) documentary filming in southern Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1432
The Appalachian Community Fund 1 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1528
Article in UK newspaper demands a local response ... 6 Fred ONeill Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3631
In Appalachia, coal remains king of the hill 1 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1604
(Video) Silas House urges fellow Appalachian academics to join the fight against gay discrimination 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1791
Okay, I need some feedback from this group regarding an article 16 theHandpuppet May 2014 Jun 2014 3 5942
ARC of Appalachia Preserve System: Natural History and Earth Stewardship 1 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1784
Present Day Coal Mining: Dishonoring our heritage. 2 Petrushka Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1754
New Name, Same Game: How the system works for Freedom Industries 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1420
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