NPR and Member stations in Appalachia and the Mid-South have launched a collaboration aimed at strengthening local news coverage and bringing more stories from this region to the rest of the country. The new Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom is a collaboration between West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WPLN and WUOT in Tennessee, LPM, WEKU-Lexington/Richmond, WKMS-Murray and WKU Public Radio in Kentucky.
Learn more about the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom - who we are, how we work, and why it's important to connect across our region. Journalists from across the region will be on hand to test your knowledge and share stories from their reporting. Register HERE for So You Think You Know...West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee Trivia on Thursday, 28 August at Zanzabar.
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The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves says they’ve already found hundreds of wild bee species midway through a multi-year project to inventory and protect the pollinators native to the state. -
Appalachian states have had some of the highest overdose rates in the country over the past decade. But officials have been slow to adopt some harm reduction efforts that could save lives. -
A nitric acid plant in a rural corner of Greene County, Tennessee has leaked chemicals into the air and water several times in the last decade. Now US Nitrogen is under investigation by a federal watchdog. -
In recent years, online gambling has changed how and when people bet. But it's also changed who gambles. -
Congress is considering major cuts to SNAP food assistance benefits. They could have an outsized impact in Appalachian Kentucky, where more than one in five rely on the benefits. -
Rare blue-ghost fireflies are generally associated with the southern Appalachian region, but researchers say their range is likely bigger than that — expanding all the way to north central Kentucky. -
The “Sacred Harp” is the most popular songbook for music called “shape note singing.” This year, a new edition will be printed with dozens of modern compositions. Singers say this only happens once in a generation and they can’t wait. -
Protesters are decrying the ICE detention of an 18-year-old Bowling Green resident weeks after his graduation. -
After years of advocacy, freestanding birth centers will soon be easier to open in Kentucky, as activists say many women go to neighboring Tennessee and Indiana for childbirth. -
Brood XIV is emerging across Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. While the cicadas are annoying to some, they offer profound meaning to others.
