Some stories cling to the misty hills of Appalachia like the scent of pine and rain. Some are about miners who never came ...

I was on a walking tour with Dr. Joseph Fox along Asheville’s Black Cultural Heritage Trail. We stopped in front of the YMI Cultural Center, one of the first Black community centers in the country. We ...

Very little of the chatter on social media takes up the real lore that makes the region so rich in spooky storytelling.

Esther Renee Adams, "Mamaw," was laid to rest in her own home. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, such "country wakes" could last for days. Shelby Lee Adams Esther Renee Adams was born on her ...

On a Saturday evening in June, people of this rural region gathered at the historic Lee Theatre to celebrate the founding of ...