A 35-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested in late 2025, accused of taking abortion pills that she ordered online. The gestational age and status of the pregnancy is unknown. But Kentucky, like the ...

Last week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report about Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia. This report looks at the entire Appalachian region of the U.S. encompassing 206 ...

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Mingo County has battled addiction, a loss of jobs, reduction of income, and a struggling health care system for years. “We have such a high percentage of diabetes here in ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gretchen E. Ely, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York) (THE ...