Hi, I'm Carley, and I'm a proud Appalachian. Appalachia is a very specific and often misunderstood region of the South. And yes, while the Appalachian Mountains range from Newfoundland, Canada, to ...

Downtown Logan, W.Va., once a booming center of economic activity because of the coal mining industry. (Roger May / For The Times) Five generations of Vances gathered in West Virginia last month for a ...