In Coal Country, the Mines Shut Down, the Women Went to Work and the World Quietly Changed
September 17, 2019
By Campbell Robertson Sept. 14, 2019 FLEMING-NEON, Ky. — In the pre-dawn hours when all is dark and quiet, Amanda Lucas leaves her house and begins the long drive to her job at a hospital an hour away. In years past, it was the me...
In Appalachia, A Lawyer’s Vast Fraud Dogs Destitute Clients
July 15, 2019
By Andrew Strickler | July 14, 2019, 8:02 PM EDT By the summer of 2007, Johnny McIntosh could barely walk, much less hold down a job. At just 40 years old, McIntosh had a back injury from a public works job in his native eastern Kentucky, follo...
As black lung surges across Eastern Kentucky, rehab clinics expand to meet growing demand
July 15, 2019
By Will Wright July 12, 2019 12:38 PM, Updated July 12, 2019 12:41 PM As black lung surges across Eastern Kentucky, clinic expands to meet demand. New Beginnings Pulmonary Rehab plans to double its number of clinics by early 2020 as black lu...
Report Finds Legal Aid Organizations Hard Hit By Opioid Epidemic; Recommends Expanded Partnerships
July 11, 2019
July 9, 2019 While the criminal justice side of the opioid epidemic has received significant attention, the civil legal issues it has caused have quietly smoldered into a raging inferno, overwhelming legal aid providers, families, social...
Urgent Care: How Attorneys Are Battling The Opioid Crisis
June 26, 2019
When recovering opioid addict Jacob was called into court in Clinton County, New York, for violating a restraining order, the judge told him he had 90 days to quit using his addiction medication, Suboxone. Jacob, whose last name Law360 is withho...
Income falls in several Appalachian Kentucky counties as coal fails to bounce back
June 26, 2019
By Will Wright June 25, 2019 04:18 PM, Of the 80 counties that will be considered economically distressed by the Appalachian Regional Commission in 2020, nearly half are in Eastern Kentucky. Appalachian Regional Commission New data released ...
Civil rights advocate, Holocaust survivor recalls time in Gastonia as youth
June 17, 2019
By Dashiell Coleman dcoleman@gastongazette.com Posted Jun 13, 2019 at 5:05 PM Updated Jun 13, 2019 at 5:05 PM John Rosenberg remembers his high school years in Gastonia fondly. The experience...
‘Justice by geography.’ Where you live in Kentucky often determines if you stay in jail.
June 14, 2019
‘Justice by geography.’ Where you live in Kentucky often determines if you stay in jail. By Beth Musgrave and Daniel Desrochers June 14, 2019 Is Kentucky’s cash bail system fair? This defendant says no. Keith White speaks from the the ...