By Donna Davis | Josh Goforth brings love, murder and mystery from his mountain porch to the coast.

By Ophelia Wagner | For four weeks this summer, 26 teenagers from across the state joined a decades-long program at East Tennessee State University that allows high school scholars to form lasting bonds while earning college credits.

By Thomas E. Wagner and Phillip J. Obermiller | While JD Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, is a heartbeat from the presidency it seems appropriate to consider the Appalachian presidents. There have been four born in what today is known as the federal Appalachian Region: James Buchanan, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley, and Joseph R. Biden.