Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When Loretta Lynn was growing up in Butcher Hollow in Kentucky in 1930s, her home in the coal mining community was always filled with music, either from her own voice echoing ...

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Rising gently yet endlessly across the eastern United States, the Appalachian Mountains have stood for nearly 480 million years, older than the Rockies, older than the Alps. Their rolling ridges and ...

"The movement (to create the Black Appalachian Commission) began in April 1969, when two black students who were attending the Council of the Southern Mountains Annual Conference at Fontana Village, ...

Ever thought about hiking the longest, hiking-only footpath in the world? It’s right here in the U.S., passing through the eastern Appalachian Mountains. The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail ...

F.A.R.M. Café is hosting a special community event on Wednesday, Nov. 19, to premiere its new documentary, Beyond the Table.