This week, COVID-19 exposed the contempt society has for marginalized people. The author of a new book says these folks are ...

Despite growing recognition of the health risks that extreme heat poses, much of the focus has been on urban heat islands.

In Morocco's High Atlas mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, some 20% of those retirees relocated to sunny Florida, which has long been a top pick for retirement. The state's appeal is so great that a June 2025 study from SmartAsset ...

GREENVILLE, Maine, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), the nation's oldest outdoor recreation and conservation organization, announced today that it has completed the ...

MONETA, Va. – Lake Christian Ministries aims to raise $100,000 at this Saturday’s SML Walk to End Poverty. The 17-year event is taking place at Smith Mountain Lake State Park, starting at 10 a.m.

Just as the leaves begin to turn, visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park can turn back the clock and get a taste of daily life long ago in the Appalachian Mountains. The annual Mountain Life ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A remarkable fall foliage season is predicted across the Appalachian Mountains, according to East Tennessee State University. “The majority of the greater Tri-Cities metro ...

Kentucky’s 2014 Medicaid expansion improved health care and drug treatment in some of America’s poorest counties. Now, the state braces for cuts.

Gene Espy had always been adventurous. He explored caves, rode his bicycle 740 miles from his home in Georgia to Florida and back, and hiked through the Great Smoky Mountains for a week. But on May 31 ...

Rounding out our summer re-run series, here’s a column from 2023 about a most determined hiker! Five years ago now, Diana Jackson was walking 2,192 miles. The Darien native is one of over 3,300 people ...