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As coal falls, a digital revolution begins in Appalachia. This hurdle blocks the way.
By Gabriel Sanchez The GroundTruth Project November 12, 2017 6:05 PM PIKEVILLE Editor’s note: This story is part of Crossing the Divide, a cross-country reporting road trip from The GroundTruth Project and WGBH. The team of five reporters is exploring issues that divide us and stories that unite us. Follow their trip across America at xthedivide.org. Silicon Valley, meet Appalachian Mountains.
Opiod abuse study shows Perry County tops nation; 3 others close behind
Opioid abuse study shows Perry County tops nation; 3 others close behind By Will Puckett |  Posted: Wed 6:26 PM, Nov 15, 2017  |  Updated: Wed 6:59 PM, Nov 15, 2017
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Under deal, here's how much rates would go up for 168,000 Kentucky Power customers
By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com November 24, 2017 12:47 PM UPDATED November 25, 2017 04:35 PM A utility with 168,000 electricity customers in Eastern Kentucky has worked out a deal to reduce the size of its request for a rate increase. Under the proposed deal, rates for residential customers of Kentucky Power would go up about 9 percent.
Stop jailing addicts, those who can’t afford fines
Stop jailing addicts, those who can’t afford fines By Ned Pillersdorf November 21, 2017 07:53 PM UPDATED November 22, 2017 12:50 PM
‘Not enough jobs.’ Nine of the 30 poorest counties in U.S. are in Eastern Kentucky
By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com December 03, 2017 11:45 AM UPDATED 3 HOURS 0 MINUTES AGO The poverty rates in nine Eastern Kentucky counties were among the 30 highest in the nation in 2016, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The rate in Owsley County was third-highest in the country, at 45.2 percent, the agency estimated.
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Pizza, then handcuffs. Police catch Eric Conn as he leaves restaurant in Honduras
By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com December 05, 2017 01:06 PM UPDATED 1 MINUTE AGO After making and stealing millions of dollars handling federal disability cases and fleeing to avoid prison, former high-flying Eastern Kentucky lawyer Eric C. Conn had his last meal as a free man at a Pizza Hut before police caught him.
Forget abortion: What women in Appalachian Kentucky really want
Pikeville, Kentucky (CNN)Perhaps it was the abstinence pledge she felt forced to sign or the promise ring she was told to slip on her finger. But from the moment Cheryl became sexually active, she felt dirty. Then, three boys raped her, reducing her self-image to mud. She didn't dare tell anyone or seek help. Growing up in rural eastern Kentucky, she'd been raised by drug addicts who'd lost the family home and lived in a place, she says, where there was "nothing left to do but do each other."
Why should a woman have to pay legal fees for man who beat her?
By Cassie Chambers January 02, 2018 04:28 PM   I liked Jane (not her real name) as soon as I met her. She was kind, warm and funny. She asked me so many questions about myself that, at times, I forgot that she was the focus of our meeting. We were at the courthouse that day because of her husband. A few weeks before he had come home drunk and insisted she make him dinner. Jane, asleep on the couch after a long day of work, told him that he could make it himself.