For years, residents across Appalachia have raised concerns about the air they breathe near coal mines, haul roads, landfills ...

The Southwest Virginia Transparency Alliance and Protect Our Water Heritage and Rights will host a March for a Moratorium ...

The House of Art in Bluefield, West Virginia, looks like a haunted tower, making it the perfect location for its sixth annual ...

After losing its rural pride celebration, hundreds of people attended the second annual Affirming Sumner Pride celebration on ...

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We all deserve clean water and a say in what happens in our own backyards. But some Senate leaders have proposed a bill that would weaken three fundamental environmental laws: the Clean Water Act, the ...

Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas are planning a massive buildout of dirty energy infrastructure in Davie and Davidson counties on the Yadkin River to ultimately power data centers. The companies ...

The boom in massive data centers that consume large amounts of energy is bringing new challenges to our region. Northern Virginia currently has the highest concentration of these facilities in the ...

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NOTE: This page is about reclaiming coal mine sites that were closed after the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) went into effect. Read about reclaiming coal sites that were ...

The Southwest Virginia Transparency Alliance and Protect Our Water Heritage and Rights will host a March for a Moratorium Rally at the corner of Grandin Road and Memorial Avenue SW on Wednesday, Oct.

Throughout the history of the United States, Appalachia has attracted the attention of outside investors hoping to profit from the region’s valuable commodities. First timber, then coal and now ...