Jim Lewis, Charleston Priest And Activist, Dies At 90
A longtime Charleston priest, activist and central figure in one of West Virginia’s most turbulent cultural conflicts has died. The Rev. Jim Lewis was 90.
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Public Can Comment On Corridor H Parsons To Davis Until March 27
The Federal Highway Administration intends to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the nine-mile section of the corridor.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBook: ‘All This Marvelous Potential’ Looks At Kennedy’s 1968 Tour Of Appalachia
In February 1968, US Senator Robert Kennedy visited eastern Kentucky to investigate the successes and the failures of the “War on Poverty.” In the new…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhat We've Learned About Fighting Poverty: Appalachian Regional Commission Looks Back on 50 Years
The Appalachian Regional Commission was created as part of the War on Poverty, declared by Lyndon B. Johnson in Appalachia in 1964.Earlier this week…
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