Most people probably wouldn't imagine heading to Kentucky. However, the state's highest point, the peak of Black Mountain, is over 4,000 feet above sea level and relatively easy for hikers to reach.

A short-story writer of sensitivity who has lived for most of his career in the mountains of Kentucky, JAMES STILL is the librarian at Berea College and the author of tales which hare perfectly ...

The University Center of the Mountains (UCM) is a dynamic consortium of postsecondary educational institutions bringing more bachelor's and master's degrees and educational opportunities close to home ...

Different from the Grenfell Mission to the Labrador fishermen, yet similar to it in spirit, the younger Frontier Nursing Service in the mountains of Kentucky is more nearly analogous to the ...

Of the 10 U.S. counties with the largest increases in cancer mortality rates from 1980 to 2014, six are in Kentucky’s mountains. (Owsley, Lee, Estill, Breathitt, Powell and Johnson.) So what did ...

“Five generations of my family are buried in a small cemetery in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky,” Vance said in a statement. “It was a humbling experience to visit that gravesite today as ...