Rodriguez's return revitalizes an element of the Backyard Brawl. He still feels the pain from the last time he coached in it ...

Hi, I'm Carley, and I'm a proud Appalachian. Appalachia is a very specific and often misunderstood region of the South. And yes, while the Appalachian Mountains range from Newfoundland, Canada, to ...

People in Appalachia are talking about "Hillbilly Elegy" ‒ and not all of them kindly. Ohio Sen. JD Vance's bestselling memoir, which thrust him into the spotlight in 2016, gained renewed attention ...

Neema Avashia’s Indian American family was among the minority in West Virginia, a place she describes as having demographics that put you in two camps: white or not white. Though she said some people ...

As a tenth generation Appalachian, Ivy Brashear sees J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” as a “really one-sided and simple view of the region.” In an effort to help broaden people’s view of ...

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during Faith & Freedom Coalition’s God & Country Breakfast, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. I read “Hillbilly Elegy” by author, Ohio senator and now Donald Trump’s Republican vice ...