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North Carolinians have leaned on old fashioned town meetings for communications after Hurricane Helene — a lesson that could apply even in normal times for maintaining healthy communities.

Getting a reader to write about how they respond to our journalism is a meaningful part of our mission as a nonprofit news outlet, writes editor Jennifer P. Brown.

The community ought to "fight to save one of our most important assets" in Jennie Stuart Medical Center, writes former Hopkinsville mayor Dan Kemp.

Curing dark tobacco leaves in smoke-filled barns is a process that has remained mostly unchanged for decades in Western Kentucky.

"A 'one size fits all' approach to open government law can yield unexpected and unwelcome outcomes for public servants wrestling with the tension created by statutory duty, on the one hand, and fear of retaliation in the workplace, on the other," writes Amye Bensenhaver.

Kentucky's sunshine laws don't appear to apply to Jennie Stuart Health because it is a private, nonprofit organization.

Leaders of Kentucky universities cowered in the face of systemic racism and GOP opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion, writes Teri Carter for Kentucky Lantern.

The Daily Yonder asked rural scholars and organizers to envision how we might get to a democracy that better engages and represents the needs of rural people and places. Here’s what they said.

For more than a year, Thomas Whitlock has been sharing a "Song of the Day" with a small but loyal group of followers who look forward to his rhythm and blues picks.

You hear a lot of stories about Kentucky’s “Bloody Breathitt.”