Today, I was able to participate in #WakeUpLex to help spread awareness about domestic and sexual violence. DSV is an important issue that deserves our attention, and survivors deserve our support. Thank you to everyone who made today possible, and those who were able to participate!

Appalachian identities unveiled Capstone research at UT is uncovering history to change a long-misunderstood Appalachian identity. Olivia Roberts is a senior in the College Scholars Program, majoring in her individual niche,…

“For her senior capstone, Roberts has been researching the East Tennessee State Asylum. It’s a memorialization project for the patients buried at the asylum, which is now known as Lakeshore Mental Health Institute.”

Kentucky data center regulations stripped from bill as legislative session closes Kentucky lawmakers expected to pass legislation this session to protect ratepayers from new data centers, but a bill to do so fell short on the final day.

Kentucky lawmakers expected to pass legislation this session to protect ratepayers from new data centers. That did not happen, as such language was stripped from a bill shortly before it passed into law on the final day. #kyga26

Trump promised to cut electric costs in half. Bills in energy-rich West Virginia now top mortgages West Virginia resident Rebecca Michalski struggles with soaring electricity bills that exceed her income.

More than 1 in 3 households in #WestVirginia struggle to pay their electric bills. State lawmakers introduced bills to freeze electricity rates and help vulnerable West Virginians, but none of them passed this year.

Nearly 20 years after Kingston spill, the EPA says it wants to relax rules on coal ash The EPA says it will roll back Biden-era rules regulating coal ash dump sites and relax regulations enacted in response to the massive coal ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant in East Tennessee.

The EPA wants to roll back regulations on coal ash put in place to prevent disasters like the 2008 Kingston coal ash spill.

“It’s infuriating,” said Jessica Waller-Downs, daughter of a late coal ash cleanup worker. "I don't trust anybody in the government anymore. I have no trust with them.”

😎 Want to learn more about solar energy in Southwest Virginia? Join the Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia in Lebanon on Thursday, April 30, for a community meeting focused on solar energy educational and training opportunities in far Southwest Virginia.

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April 21: Protecting our public lands from coal mining webinar Join us for an important webinar to hear the latest on our efforts to keep the coal industry off our public land, and to learn how you can support the campaign.

Public lands in #Appalachia are under threat. The Trump admin wants to weaken protections — opening nat forests to coal mining & putting our land, water & communities at risk. Join our webinar on Tues 4/21 @ 6pm ET to learn more. RSVP ⬇️
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Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups

Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia has signed into law a bill to end tax exemptions for a slate of Confederacy-related organizations in the state.

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Forest and Wetland Restoration on former coal mine sites has been shown to improve species diversity, especially for frogs and toads.

Read more here: https://loom.ly/JA9gmsI

#infrastructurewinswednesday #appalachia #coalmines #frogs

Data Centers 101 and Responsible Development Practices The conversation around data centers is buzzing - join us to take a few steps back and learn about the basics - what are they? How do they work? What are aspects that communities need to consider when...

Residents should have the final say on if a facility develops in their community. At the same time, communities that are receptive to these projects should be equipped to maximize benefits while minimizing costs, mitigating harms, and conserving resources.

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It’s obviously AI. Be skeptical of everything you see now. It’s everywhere.

It’s laughably ironic that Christian Nationalists pushing religion down our throats are destroying religion in the process.

Meanwhile, Trump and the GOP insist on using decomposed prehistoric microscopic marine organisms 😞

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There were more protesters outside the Turning Point rally in Athens GA than event attendees.

Forest Service shake-up will boost states’ role — but even supporters have concerns • Kentucky Lantern A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal land, foresters across the West say.

A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal land, foresters across the West say.
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We're excited to share our vendor lineup for this year's Seedtime on the Cumberland festival!

Good For Your Heart Farms will be offering locally grown berry jellies, pepper jellies, and salsas.

Come see many great vendors at Seedtime 2026! Full vendor lineup: appalshop.org/seedtime2026

Our annual Seedtime on the Cumberland festival would be impossible without the generous support of our sponsors!

Kentucky Natural Lands Trust is an accredited nonprofit that has protected over 57,000 acres of Kentucky wildlands since 1995. Visit knlt.org to learn more.

"Nothing is romanticized in this documentary, but the romance of the circus and its people is compassionately revealed … highly recommended.”— Choice

Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/-is2VBk

📸 Appalshop, “One Ring Circus,” Andrew Garrison, 1987