Appalachia

The Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council received a $12.5 million federal grant to fill in gaps in electric vehicle infrastructure. It plans to use the money to build 50 charging stations across southern Ohio.

The coal industry has been declining for decades, leaving a disrupted, and often dangerous, landscape in its wake. Now, a federal program seeks to revitalize abandoned mine land.

Funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission will help Ohio communities across the state build employment programs for those recovering from addiction.

Moonville is an abandoned railroad town in Hocking Hills. Nobody lives there anymore, but its stories live on.

Rural welder David Griesmeyer created the Ohio Arts Corridor, a quirky public art trail, to bring people into Appalachia in hopes they’ll stay awhile.

More than 150,000 working-age Central Appalachian residents aren’t in the labor force. The Ohio River Valley Institute says that makes it ripe for a federally subsidized workforce program.

A recent report from the social investment fund Invest Appalachia found Central Appalachia, including parts of Ohio, will likely see a population influx because of climate-related migration.

According to the U.S Census Bureau, between 2017 to 2021, about 28% of households in Ohio’s Columbiana County did not have an active broadband subscription. A similar problem exists across rural Appalachia in Ohio — and it is an expensive problem to fix.

On March 17, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam banned gatherings of 10 or more people to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Mehyah Davis, 23, was in his second…

President Trump's reelection campaign returns to Central Ohio next week. The January 8 event at the Hilton at Easton will feature the president's campaign…