Whitesburg

Alan Lomax Archive Ada Combs playing the banjo in Whitesburg, KY, in 1959 The author of a landmark 1910 anthology of cowboy ballads, Texas-born-and-bred John Lomax was a towering force in American folklore circles by the time a teenage Alan began accompanying his father on song-collecting trips in 1933.

The Catcher of Songs Eddie Dean 2011

Perhaps the most inspirational example is that of the remarkable Gish family, which puts out Appalachia's legendary Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg, Ky.

The Reporter Next Door Daniel Akst 2011

The Gish award is named for Tom and Pat Gish, crusading and fearless journalists who founded the Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg Kentucky.

Don McNay: Big Town, Small Town, Big Time, Journalists From Boston University Don McNay 2011

The Gish award is named for Tom and Pat Gish, crusading and fearless journalists who founded the Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg Kentucky.

Don McNay: Big Town, Small Town, Big Time, Journalists From Boston University Don McNay 2011

SIEGEL: Willa Johnson is a college student who works with the Appalachian Media Institute in Whitesburg, Kentucky.

In Coal Country, Another View On Mining 2010

Jackson has been pastor of Whitesburg for 31 years, shepherding the congregation from fewer than 3,000 members in 1978 to more than 7,000 today.

Southern Baptists Look To Alabama For Next Leader 2010

John Edwards finished out his three-day Road to One America Tour, visiting two sites from Bobby Kennedy's own poverty tour 40 years ago: Whitesburg and Prestonburg, Kentucky.

Happy Hour Roundup 2009

She grew up in Whitesburg, Kentucky, and is helping to break the cycle of poverty in her family by going to college.

For Rural Adults, Health Care Is Wishful Thinking 2009

A recent poll by the nonpartisan Center for Rural Strategies in Whitesburg, Ky., concluded that rural voters say they would prefer a Democratic candidate over a Republican by a 4% margin.

Campaign's Rural Route 2008

Dee Davis, President of Rural Strategies in Whitesburg, Kentucky told writer Aaron Glanz in a Oneworld article, "This year we did polling and what we found out was that 75 percent of rural voters knew somebody who had been to Iraq."

Iraq War Hits Hard in the Heartland 2007