Appalachia exists as much in myth as in literal geography. At the close of his RNC speech accepting his party’s nomination for vice president in July, then-Senator J. D. Vance lingered on the specific ...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced a $12 million investment to upgrade the Yellow Creek State Inland Port. The upgrades ...

Thanks to Earl Gohl, outgoing head of the Appalachian Regional Commission, for putting lots of time and energy into Kentucky during his eight years as head of the federal economic development agency.

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) has introduced the Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act, a bill aimed at improving ...

(The Center Square) – When Gayle Manchin became the federal cochairwoman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, she noticed something that sparked a grant program benefiting all of the 13 states.

Each year, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) ranks all 3,100 U.S. counties based on economic status, namely by their poverty rate, per capita market income and unemployment rate.

The nonprofit North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission delivers a wide range of economic, community, infrastructure, human services and technology programs in McKean, ...

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today introduced the Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act, which aims to increase access to broadband for rural communities across Appalachia.  “Southern Ohio ...