For Russell native Derek Childs, today will be a day of hard goodbyes as he and his parents, Larry and Christina Childs, ...

For decades, Appalachia has been dismissed as a political monolith, written off as a stronghold of conservative values. Yet, ...

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...

In this 1981 narrative from the Backpacker archives, Jeffrey Cogswell relates the story of a family hike up the Appalachian ...

Nelly Brett was 13 years old when she landed on a dream to climb all 158 Abel Mountains. Four years later, she has achieved it, with her dad joining her every step of the way. All about their journey.

Some people dream of taking months away from their jobs to hike the Appalachian Trail. For local photographer Carly Rae ...