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Share your story about your experience in Appalachia through a self-recorded oral history, journal entry, or visual media, and join BPR's pop-up tour of WNC in Summer 2023.
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A partnership between BPR and Foxfire to gather the oral histories of women in Appalachia.
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Town and county offer assistance after closure of Pactiv Evergreen paper mill.
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A lawyer for Donald Trump says he's been told that the former president has been indicted on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.
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Preservation plans for the childhood home of one of Western North Carolina’s most celebrated natives, Nina Simone, could be unveiled this summer.
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Lake Silver assumes the role previously held by Brittany Lofthouse, serving as district representative for the six westernmost counties.
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The Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan sets out management of more than a million acres of national forest in Western North Carolina.
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Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
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For decades, U.S. hospitals have generally stonewalled patients who wanted to know ahead of time how much their care would cost. Now that’s changing — but there’s a vigorous debate over what hospitals are disclosing.
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Medical board documents show the former hospital chief of staff faced disciplinary action in Florida and limitations to licensure in North Carolina.