The Latest Breaking News from Appalachia

The destruction from Hurricane Helene has disrupted the high school landscape throughout southern Appalachia

SpaceX's Starlink deploys satellite internet to Appalachian regions devastated by Hurricane Helene, offering free service to affected residents.

Hurricane Helene dumped heavy rain on a mountainous region hundreds of miles away from the coast

Flooding and landslides strike southern Appalachians after hurricane pummeled region and wreaked havoc

The remnants of Hurricane Helene are dissipating but millions remain without power across the Southeast and officials warned that record-breaking river flooding is ongoing in parts of southern Appalachia

Across Appalachia, September marks the start of ginseng season, when thousands of people roam the hills searching for hard-to-reach patches of this highly prized plant.

JD Vance has climbed to his current position as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, in part, by selling himself as a hillbilly, calling on his Appalachian background to bolster his credentials to speak for the American working class.

“I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today," Vance said. "I’m sure they’re going to call that racist too.”

With Sen. JD Vance named Donald Trump’s running mate, commentators are dusting off Vance’s 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” to explain America’s political moment.

Explore the impact of JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' memoir and Appalachian heritage on his vice presidential campaign.

America’s potential future vice president topped bestseller lists with his 2016 memoir, a tale of multi-generational, cyclical poverty in Appalachia. Nick Hilton looks back on what the politician argued in the book, from his criticisms of welfare to his belief that the working classes ‘spend our way into the poorhouse’