Kate Fowler took the road less travelled to the job of her dreams as director of Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute, but she's doing it now and that's all that matters.
 
Born in King George, Va., a tiny military town even smaller than Whitesburg, Ky., where Appalshop is located, she dropped out of school …

These timeless traditions speak to a simpler holiday celebration focused on family and friends.

Holler, y'all! Fresh new shirt design debuts at 10 a.m. Friday, May 20, in the shop.

Iconic enough that anyone "in the know" needn't elaborate with excessive descriptors. For those uninformed, it refers to the name and number of the Highway that stretches from Michigan down to Alabama and (more specifically) the 690 miles that are home to the "World's Largest Yard Sale." The annual event began in '87 …

Show It Like You Know It
Malcolm J. Wilson's unfiltered look at the real Humans of Central Appalachia

 
Something about the way photographer Malcolm J. Wilson freezes the light on his subjects, or the way the dark rivulets of, say, the wrinkles in their skin, seem to carry on in fluid motion like …