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It's open season on KY ratepayers’ pocketbooks, while their voices are being silenced • Kentucky Lantern Kentucky lawmakers consider proposals to benefit coal and nuclear industries at the expense of electrical utility ratepayers.

Commentary by Tom FitzGerald

It’s open season on KY ratepayers’ pocketbooks, while their voices are being silenced.

Legislature considers bills to benefit coal, nuclear industries at the expense of Kentucky consumers.

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The Kentucky Meat Shower Of 1876: It Came Down Like "Snowflakes" It wasn't raining cats or dogs, nor was it raining men, but rather small pieces of flesh...that people ate.

Today is the 250th anniversary of the Kentucky Meat Shower!

Only one of the top five states where hunger is the worst are in Appalachia. One, sadly, is where I live, Kentucky (although only the eastern mountains are in Appalachia).

AR (19.4% food insecurity rate), KY (18.8%), LA (17.7%), TX (17.6%), and MS (17.3%). See the map for childhood hunger rates.

Spend some time anywhere.

Your morning orthoepy lesson…

March 3, 1820: Congress debated the Missouri Compromise. Women couldn't vote. But in the mountains of Appalachia, women were already leading their communities. That tradition never stopped. 205 years later, mountain women are still fighting for their families. 🏔️ #WomensHistoryMonth 🧵

Moving images from the 1969 documentary "Appalachia: Rich Land, Poor People." Soundtrack by the Harper Valley Trio. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

In this video, Chris stands among giant poplars, giving us a glimpse of some of the oldest trees in the Appalachian Highlands.

#OrianneSociety #AppalachianHighlands #Appalachia #Poplars #OldGrowthTrees #NantahalaNationalForest #Conservation

The Lone Bellow Brings “What A Time To Be Alive” Tour to Knoxville’s Bijou Theatre The Brooklyn trio's February 26, 2026 show featured new album material and longtime favorites in an intimate, harmony-driven performance in downtown Knoxville.Story and Photos by Casey NicholsonThe…

The Lone Bellow lit up Knoxville’s Bijou Theatre with soaring harmonies and storytelling on Feb 26 — with Fabrizio and Hannah Marie Kelley starting things off. Read Appalachia Today’s concert review: wix.to/77g49Pq #TheLoneBellow #Knoxville #BijouTheatre #Americana #LiveMusic #Appalachia

We desperately need this in the US, particularly here in Appalachia

Appalachian Forest Museum Assistant Appalachian Forest Museum Assistant $17 - $19 per hour -- Arc of Appalachia

JOB OPENING: Appalachian Forest Museum Assistant: Appalachian Forest Museum Assistant
$17 - $19 per hour -- Arc of Appalachia

And it will not bring a significant number of good jobs to Appalachia. Mineral extraction conglomerates will reap dividends, not working class.

This was a wonderful, relatable interview. #Appalachia #BlueDot

Celebrating the Sound of Appalachian Activism: Honoring Hazel Dickens this Women’s History Month  - ReImagine Appalachia This International Women’s Day, we're spotlighting Hazel Dickens (1935–2011).

ReImagine Appalachia Celebrates Women’s History Month by spotlighting the significant Appalachian musician, activist, and cultural force, Hazel Dickens!

Learn more about Hazel in our new blog post @
reimagineappalachia.org/celebrating-...

#Appalachia
#HazelDickens
#WomensHistoryMonth

ReImagine Appalachia Join us TOMORROW: Tuesday, March 3, at noon ET via Zoom to hear from WV Mine Wars Museum on their current projects, including Courage in the Hollers! Register @ https://loom.ly/aDq5oR4 "Courage in.....

Join us TOMORROW: Tuesday, March 3, at noon ET via Zoom to hear from WV Mine Wars Museum on their current projects, including Courage in the Hollers!
Register @
loom.ly/aDq5oR4

#MineWars
#BattleOfBlairMountain
#Appalachia

My dear friend, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, has always believed in showing up, listening first, and leading with heart. That’s exactly what she did Saturday when she joined me in Lawrenceburg for our listening tour stop. #KY06

And thank you to everyone who came out and shared your stories, your frustrations, your hopes, and your vision for where our country should go next.

We’re building this movement the right way, face to face, county by county. #KY06

No, contaminated drinking water isn't what Appalachians "voted for" A recent 60 minutes segment on McDowell County, WV has people blaming the voters again. But the story is more complicated.

I wrote about the water crisis in West Virginia and the “they’re getting what they voted for” reactions. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

Back in the Middle East, only five years after we ended America’s longest war, isn’t an ‘America First’ agenda. It pulls us into open war without an exit strategy, Congressional authorization, or an explanation to us. It puts American lives at risk and repeats the worst mistakes of the past.

6th Congressional District Democratic candidate Cherlynn Stevenson asks UK students how to represent them 6th Congressional District candidate Cherlynn Stevenson spoke about her career in politics to students at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law.  The speech, hosted by Pi Sigma ...

Last night at the University of Kentucky, I didn’t give a speech. I asked a question:

How can I best represent you?

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Such unbelievable bullshit being shoveled here. The Iranians faced with an armada of overwhelming US firepower would launch a war provoking first strike? Seriously?

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

Our air and water are under attack Today, much of the country has clean air and access to clean water. But instead of strengthening these safeguards and improving public health, Congress and the Trump administration are attempting to gut our core environmental protections.

For decades, environmental laws like the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act have helped to ensure that our water is safe to drink and our air is safe to breathe. But we can’t take this for granted. These fundamental environmental protections are currently under attack. https://loom.ly/PW4kRJA

Join our partners for "Communities Over Corporate Profits: How We Win" on Sunday, March 8, in #Durham's Central Park to celebrate environmental wins across #NorthCarolina!

Learn more: https://appvoices.org/events/march-8-communities-over-corporate-profit