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Free Legal Help Available for Kentucky Flooding Survivors 08/15/2022 – A free legal help hotline is now available for Kentucky Flooding survivors. The hotline is available to connect survivors to free legal services in qualifying counties who ca...

Visit East Kentucky Dream Center at 127 Hibbard Street in Pikeville next Thursday, June 16 at noon. You'll find free clothing for men, women and children.  

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - The tenth annual ‘KY Gives Day’ was on May 10th. ‘KY Gives Day’ is a 24 hour period when non-profits across the state strive to raise as much money as possible. Robert Johns is the Executive Director of Appalred Legal Aid. ...

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Hundreds of former clients of Eric C. Conn are still waiting for answers, seven years after the high-profile social security scandal changed their lives. With the docuseries “The Big Conn,” which dropped Friday on Apple ...

Call for Volunteers AppalReD/VLAK is in urgent need of attorneys to accept cases, pro bono or by contract ("low bono"), in all counties in our service area, but particularly in Floyd, Johnson, Monroe, Cumberland and Adair Counties.  Pro bono ...

      FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY– MARCH 24 2022    Kentuckians now have access to a free, new and improved legal resource that provides answers to co...

Kentucky’s Legal Aid Programs Stand Together Kentucky’s legal aid programs grieve with their fellow Kentuckians and all affected by Friday night’s tornadoes.  The loss of life, the terrifying fear suffered, and the damage to property are incomp...

Enjoy this fascinating interview. John Rosenberg is interviewed by Eastern Standard's Tom Martin from Snug Hollow in Estill County, VA. The program covers Rosenberg's incredible journey: fleeing Magdeburg, Germany to escape the Holocaust, serving...

Eastern Standard's Tom Martin interviews executive director Rob Johns on 88.9 WEKU. A half-century of having the backs of Eastern Kentucky’s vulnerable: AppalReD prepares to celebrate its 50 year legacy.