The National Book Foundation has awarded Barbara Kingsolver a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL), which has previously been given to Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Joan Didion among others.

Earlier today, Mayor Sherman Lea addressed the city of Roanoke. Below is the full livestream.

So many people showed up for the rally, not everyone even made it in to hear Vance's speech.

Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots.

Ohio senator J.D. Vance has been selected as the vice president nominee for the Republican Party. The senator and vice presidential hopeful is best known for his story about growing up in rural Appalachia.

A woman in the New River Valley is bringing the smells of Appalachia inside homes with her unique candles.

A Wise County grand jury has indicted a 30-year-old Appalachia man in connection with a fatal fire that happened in 2023.

People living in rural areas, including here in Southwest Virginia, have a higher incidence rate of heart disease.

Researchers say slave numbers increased significantly after the railroad was built through Radford.

The same stubborn weather system caused intense downpours in St. Louis and Appalachia that led to devastating and in some cases deadly flooding.

A family is grieving after a house fire took the life of their baby in Wise County Monday morning.