We’re hosting a documentary and zine storytelling workshop for young adults, ages 18-25, at The Co-op in Morgantown, WV, on May 30 from 10-3 p.m. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are excited to welcome the newest member of our newsroom, Caelan Bailey, a @reportforamerica.bsky.social corps member covering the New Rural Landscape.

Over time, our communities change shape. We innovate. We introduce new ideas. We build new structures. We keep moving. What’s the newest thing in your community? Tell us here: www.100daysinappalachia.com/submit-250/ #appalachia250

Appalachia@250 asks you to narrate this moment in time in your own words and design an ideal future.

Political parties, AIPAC gifts, and worker safety. Here is the latest Appalachian News Roundup. youtube.com/shorts/RNnU0...

100 Days launched a multimedia community engagement project that invites young folks in Appalachia to submit video, photos, artwork, writing, etc. in response to prompts. Info at the link, but feel free to message me if you want more details! www.100daysinappalachia.com/submit-250/

Six people affiliated with the Addiction Recovery Care — as staff, clients or those who sought treatment and were later hired — told journalists they found themselves wrapped up in the company’s alleged billing scheme. buff.ly/RKZE1MY

“I believe it’s really important to carry these tunes on to the next generations and to play them, because it not only sustains the tradition, it also sustains the community that creates the tradition.” #appalachia250 youtu.be/bdjqF_oFej8?...

“I think about the Potomac and the towpath as threads that lace through my … as a college student in Shepherdstown, W.Va., and then as a budding reporter learning to understand the region in a different way.”

Our first question: What's the oldest thing in your community? Send us your response by May 4! #appalachia250

What’s the oldest thing in your community? Tell us here by May 4: buff.ly/yM5bsOL #appalachia250

What’s the oldest thing in your community? Appalachia@250: Dreams for a Shared Future, asks you, Appalachians ages 18 to 25, to narrate this moment in time and design an ideal future. Tell us here: www.100daysinappalachia.com/submit-250/

In this interview, photographer Maddie McGarvey describes what brought her to the craft, her career photographing rural Appalachia and how she carried out a project photographing the same family for 15 years. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2026/04/qa-t...

From classroom accessibility challenges to FEMA buyout offers for houses damaged by Hurricane Helene and an uncertain silica dust rule, we look at how federal action might play out across the region. youtube.com/shorts/l6V5d...

An interfaith group prayed outside Pittsburgh’s ICE office on Good Friday, aiming to connect the suffering of Jesus with the suffering of immigrants in the U.S., as the Trump administration continues its crackdown. youtube.com/shorts/PxLUH... This story is a collaboration w/ @publicsource.org

Following the end of West Virginia’s 2026 legislative session, we’ve gathered the highlights: What legislation passed, what didn’t and what it all means for the Mountain State and Appalachia at large. buff.ly/vMzJUWL

Personnel in heavy gear clearly marked as ICE or Homeland Security Investigations were moving through the Pittsburgh International Airport terminal this week. More here: buff.ly/qKhbOZg Video collab w/ @appalachia100.bsky.social

Five developers are planning to build six data center campuses in Archbald, Pa., which will cover a full 14 percent of the town, evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2026/03/the-...

Community organizers and local faith leaders gathered at the W.Va. Capitol in opposition to the state's participation in ICE's Program 287(g), which gives state and local law enforcement the power to enforce specific immigration laws. buff.ly/hfCTpyp

Our short film, “Fasnacht in Helvetia, West Virginia,” will screen on the opening night of this year’s Appalachian Film Festival, held March 20-22, at Foundry Theater in Huntington, W.Va. See the full schedule and buy tickets: www.foundrytheater.org/shows

@appalachia100.bsky.social partnered with journalist and Minnesotan @katiegnelson.bsky.social to document how Minneapolis residents used grassroots organizing to counter the influx of federal immigration agents, leading to the end of Operation Metro Surge www.100daysinappalachia.com/2026/02/minn...

Fifteen of the 650 people ICE reported had been arrested in a January operation have asked West Virginia judges to order their release, arguing they are unconstitutionally detained www.100daysinappalachia.com/2026/02/more...

Apply to become 100 Days' New Rural Landscape reporter by February 16 www.reportforamerica.org/reporters/

Helvetia, West Virginia's 59th annual Fasnacht happens Saturday. And dozens will masquerade in playful handmade masks to scare away Old Man Winter. Watch scenes from last year's parade: youtube.com/shorts/QgmZz...

We've been selected as a 2026 Report for America newsroom partner. We'll hire a reporter to investigate the effects of modern industry in Appalachia across environmental, economic and other systemic impacts that make up our region’s current dystopian landscape.

We traveled to the Ukraine-Slovakia border with @azcir.org's @allymarkovich.bsky.social to document how the Ukrainian border guard uses surveillance drones to ensure no one is exiting the country to avoid the draft. www.youtube.com/watch?v=srcK...

When local news thrives, so does our community. If you feel the same way, and our reporting makes a difference to you, please give before midnight tonight. We’re still $9,500 away from meeting our goal of $15,000. Can you help us get there? GIVE NOW: www.100daysinappalachia.com/support-our-...

We need your support to keep our unique storytelling going strong in 2026. If you donate a total of $50 or more between today and Sunday, December 21, 100 Days will send you a limited edition bandana designed by Appalachian artist LileeHA. buff.ly/I3axqe8

Drones “battle-tested” in Ukraine are now being piloted at the U.S.-Mexico border, where the boundaries between local police and military operations are becoming increasingly blurred. Reported from Ukraine by AZCIR in collaboration w/ @appalachia100.bsky.social. Supported by IWMF.

In Virginia, incarcerated laborers can earn up to 90 cents an hour, though most earn less. Activists want that to change. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/11/in-v...

It's your last chance this #GivingTuesday! Can you help 100 Days raise $1,500 in the next 1.5 hours? Give before midnight to TRIPLE your donation: www.100daysinappalachia.com/support-our-...

So far in 2025, we have hired 13 freelancers – people paid directly to create journalism and cultural analyses – totaling $22,000. We expect to pay another nine people $5,400 by the end of the year. Give now to sustain this work in 2026: buff.ly/7IVVWEt

We are halfway through #GivingTuesday, and we need your help to sustain 100 Days' work in 2026. Will you give today? buff.ly/7IVVWEt

Working with young writers for @appalachia100.bsky.social's youth vertical is one of my favorite projects! We're trying to create a space where young storytellers & journalists are supported, taken seriously, and paid for their work. If you have a few extra dollars, support journalism in Appalachia:

This #GivingTuesday, 100 Days in Appalachia has a goal of raising $5,000 to keep our unique storytelling thriving in 2026. Every dollar you give to today will be TRIPLED – increasing your impact for our team and the Appalachians we employ! Give by midnight to triple your support: buff.ly/7IVVWEt

Communities across West Virginia, including Charleston, are considering how to spend more than $1 billion in opioid settlement funds. But using this money for harm reduction is still an uphill battle. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/11/in-k...

Mingo County, West Virginia, was once thriving, but the coal industry’s decline left it one of the poorest counties in the US. Now, multiple data centers could be built in the region. Are data centers a new extractive industry, or will they provide a much-needed lifeline? youtu.be/V5fsLN69Erg?...

When Tropical Storm Helene hit western North Carolina, churches became disaster hubs — feeding neighbors, rebuilding homes, and restoring trust. “We’re always in this boat together,” said Rev. Blake Smaar. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/11/in-t...

It’s the time of year when we reflect on all we’ve accomplished, and we ask you to continue supporting our work. From now until December 31, every donation made to 100 Days in Appalachia will be DOUBLED by NewsMatch. www.100daysinappalachia.com/support-our-...

The New River Gorge is drawing more visitors than ever, yet many longtime West Virginians see little change in daily life. “I don’t think the National Park Service has done much in my area,” said Jackie Coleman of Whipple. #NewRiverGorge #WestVirginia www.100daysinappalachia.com?p=32656&prev...

After Hurricane Helene cancelled Jonesborough’s National Storytelling Festival last year, local businesses felt the loss. The festival returns Oct. 3–5, but owners say it’s their neighbors and regulars who keep them going year-round. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/09/in-j...

The 2025 Backyard Docs Film Festival is almost here! We’re proud to sponsor this year’s celebration of nonfiction films rooted in Appalachian + Rust Belt stories, and to share our short, “Hell or High Water,” as part of the lineup. Tickets: backyarddocs.com

Hundreds packed a Lenore, W.Va., town hall as Bernie Sanders’ “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stopped in Mingo County, part of a broader fight over corporate power in Appalachia. youtu.be/K3CW8zmZn2I?...

"America is in the midst of a massive building boom many are beginning to notice." In Appalachia, data centers are draining power and water as lawmakers strip local control. Tucker County, W.Va., is fighting back. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/08/the-...

“We know what it’s like to be exploited.” Some Tucker County, W.Va., residents are pushing back against a massive AI and data center proposal, calling it the next wave of extraction, and fighting to protect their future. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/07/we-k...

Rehab hospitals for surgery and injury recovery are a lucrative slice of the health care business. But federal data show that some run by for-profit corporations have had serious incidents of patient harm. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/07/even...

Programs in West Virginia that provide harm reduction are not receiving any of the tens of millions of dollars from the 2021 global opioid lawsuit settlement agreement so far www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/07/not-...

Prevention education program GameChanger has received $310,000 in opioid settlement funds from three West Virginia counties and plans to ask others for more. But experts say the program is all bling and lacks evidence-based curriculum. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/07/poli...

While a 2022 Memorandum of Understanding dictates how West Virginia's opioid settlement funds can be used, individual counties charged with distributing the money can lack consistency in oversight and accountability built into local spending www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/07/w-va...

As millions in opioid settlement funds reach West Virginia, counties are making high-stakes choices about how to spend them. 'The Price of Recovery' series explores the tension between political priorities, financial pressures and community needs. www.100daysinappalachia.com/the-price-of...