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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
Greetings, all!	17	theHandpuppet	Mar 2014	Nov 2014	9	4582
Appalachia's Hometown Heroes	7	theHandpuppet	Oct 2014	Nov 2014	1	13920
Charities/Volunteer Organizations serving the Appalachians	10	theHandpuppet	Oct 2014	Nov 2014	3	28753
Umbrella threads at Appalachia Group	1	theHandpuppet	Oct 2014	Oct 2014	2	2651
FL Bros Ran Lgst Opioid 'Pill Mills' in US Hist 1000s of Deaths - 'American Pain' CNN Film, Sunday	0	appalachiablue	Feb 3	Feb 3	3	644
Photos of Appalachia, Photographer Explores Appalachian Folk Tales Through Vividly Poetic Images	8	appalachiablue	Jan 9	Jan 9	7	755
Landau's Great American Songbook: Singer Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. of Logan, WV	0	appalachiablue	Jan 2	Jan 2	4	609
This was my favorite cake growing up in Appalachia	5	William769	Nov 2022	Nov 2022	16	1040
How Big Coal Companies Shed Responsibility for Cleaning Up Their Messes: NPR	3	appalachiablue	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	7	1082
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	appalachiablue	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	3	341
Black Appalachian Activist, Writer & Dissenter of Coney Barrett Confirmation Tells Her Story	2	appalachiablue	May 2022	May 2022	6	2316
The Appalachian Diaspora, How It Can Help Reinvigorate the Region: Expatalachians	5	appalachiablue	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	3	906
Expatalachians Appalachian Journalism	2	appalachiablue	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	8	829
ReImagine Appalachia: Coalition Plan To Build A Better Future For Appalachia, Economy & Environment	4	appalachiablue	Feb 2022	Feb 2022	7	1982
Amid Coal's Decline, What Comes Next for Appalachia	2	TexasTowelie	Jan 2022	Jan 2022	2	856
Trans people have a long history in Appalachia - but politicians prefer to ignore it	1	TexasTowelie	Dec 2021	Dec 2021	7	1480
Meet The People Getting Paid $10,000 For Moving To West Virginia	0	appalachiablue	Oct 2021	Oct 2021	2	1093
Looking Back And Pointing Ahead At The Future of Coal Mining in Appalachia	0	TexasTowelie	Oct 2021	Oct 2021	3	1421
Appalachian states face billions in mining cleanup	5	TexasTowelie	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	3	1559
Matewan Massacre: Landmark Struggle For Miner & Worker Rights 101 Years Ago, May 19, 1920	5	appalachiablue	May 2021	May 2021	2	2641
Report shows natural gas fracking didn't produce promised jobs to Pa. and Appalachia	2	TexasTowelie	Feb 2021	Feb 2021	4	4315
Gov. Ralph Northam elected co-chair of Appalachian Regional Commission	1	TexasTowelie	Feb 2021	Feb 2021	2	2450
Appalachian Hospital In Kentucky Vaccinates Workers	6	appalachiablue	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	4	1459
COVID in Appalachia: Misinformation is killing people	4	TexasTowelie	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	16	2986
Movie Trailer, 'Hillbilly Elegy' By Ron Howard, Based on J.D. Vance's Book; 'The New Deliverance'	1	appalachiablue	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	3	3378
'In Appalachia, People Watch Covid-19, Race Issues From Afar'	2	appalachiablue	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	3	1253
"How The Coronavirus Made Ending Homelessness Even More Critical"; WV, Appalachia	0	appalachiablue	Jul 2020	Jul 2020	3	1905
High Court Green-Lights Pipeline Route Through Appalachian Trail	1	appalachiablue	Jun 2020	Jun 2020	2	1198
"What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia," By Elizabeth Catte, Book Review	7	appalachiablue	May 2020	Jun 2020	11	2318
The Liberal Redneck: Progress & How Democrats View Rural America	12	appalachiablue	May 2020	May 2020	12	1559
Appalachia's Front Porch Network Is A Lifeline During The Pandemic	2	appalachiablue	May 2020	May 2020	22	1445
'People Are Fleeing To Appalachia To Escape Covid-19; That Needs To Stop'	3	appalachiablue	Apr 2020	Apr 2020	6	2624
"The Lies We're Told About Appalachia": Stereotypes, The Media, LBJ's War On Poverty	8	appalachiablue	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	7	3050
Study Shows Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust That Causes Black Lung	1	TexasTowelie	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	0	1723
Report: black lung funding cut will cost taxpayers billions	0	appalachiablue	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	2	1136
New Film, DARK WATERS, Mark Ruffalo: Chemical Waste, Corporate Corruption	0	appalachiablue	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	2	1355
What Happens When a School Closes Inside Appalachia	3	TexasTowelie	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	6	1940
Paddleboats, Whitewater Rafting and Scuba Diving -- in the Mountains? Yep -- Inside Appalachia	2	TexasTowelie	Jul 2019	Jul 2019	7	1731
Ex-Pharma Chief Charged with Flooding Appalachian Towns with Opioids	0	appalachiablue	Jul 2019	Jul 2019	9	1495
Alzheimer's & Gingivitis: Brush Your Teeth, New Medicine Dvmt.,*Links to Diseases	2	appalachiablue	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	3	1754
Now On TCM: 'Harlan County, USA' Movie (1976)	0	appalachiablue	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	9	1752
Rise of HIV cases another effect of opioid epidemic in Appalachia	1	TexasTowelie	May 2019	May 2019	2	1625
''It's Just Really Hard'- Families and Caregivers Struggle to Find Resources Inside Appalachia	0	TexasTowelie	May 2019	May 2019	8	1715
Update: Medicaid Work Requirements Hit Roadblocks	0	appalachiablue	May 2019	May 2019	0	1287
Beneath the Surface -- Drinking Water Inside Appalachia	0	TexasTowelie	May 2019	May 2019	6	1529
Young KY Climate Change Activists Swarm Mitch McConnell's Office, ABC News	0	appalachiablue	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	5	1775
WVU's Virginia Thrasher wins the first gold for the US	1	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2016	Feb 2019	0	1831
An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It	2	TexasTowelie	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	4	2032
URGENT---Last Chance to Check Online & Make Sure Your Early Ballot Vote Has Been Counted!	0	PandoraAwakened	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	0	1318
Activist Victories In Fight Against Appalachia Pipelines, Atlantic Coast, Mt. Valley Resistance	0	appalachiablue	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	3	1475
Judge Sides with Anti-Pipeline Protesters in Appalachia, July 30, 2018	0	appalachiablue	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	8	1629
Trump Wants To Weaken Coal Miner Protections As Black Lung Makes A Comeback	6	appalachiablue	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	4	2823
The shocking danger of mountaintop removal --- and why is must be stopped.	0	Petrushka	May 2018	May 2018	6	1665
Help MARIA GUNNOE, Awarded Appalachian Environmental Activist, MTR	0	appalachiablue	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	2	1508
Deadly Black Lung Makes a Comeback Among Coal Miners	7	A Little Weird	Nov 2014	Nov 2017	3	3703
New effort to help with poverty in Appalachia	0	TexasTowelie	Sep 2017	Sep 2017	2	2590
Death comes sooner in Appalachia. It comes much sooner in Eastern Kentucky.	1	TexasTowelie	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	16	3743
Appalshop seeks Communications Director	0	Tanuki	May 2017	May 2017	0	6896
Government shutdown coming? If miners cant get enough help, maybe	0	TexasTowelie	Apr 2017	Apr 2017	4	4324
Job-spurring grants in Appalachia are targeted in Trump's budget. Here's whats on the line	1	TexasTowelie	Mar 2017	Mar 2017	2	2580
How much does SCROTUS Dumpf love coal miners?	0	Panich52	Mar 2017	Mar 2017	1	2148
Trump absolutely dominates Appalachia (xpost from GD_	3	KamaAina	May 2016	Feb 2017	0	1902
Appalachian coal towns get $39M federal boost aimed at revitalization	3	TexasTowelie	Aug 2016	Nov 2016	4	1873
Dominion locks out nearly 1,000 transmission pipeline workers	2	TexasTowelie	Sep 2016	Nov 2016	3	1907
Fears grow as heroin seeps into Appalachia	2	TexasTowelie	Aug 2016	Aug 2016	4	2000
future of the Appalachia group	6	A Little Weird	Jun 2016	Jul 2016	1	2189
Appalachia	4	KamaAina	May 2016	Jul 2016	0	1848
I guess I better introduce myself	2	awoke_in_2003	Jun 2016	Jun 2016	5	1955
Saturday Special: Bernie Campaign Brochures (English), Message Ink Pens	0	appalachiablue	May 2016	May 2016	2	1804
This message was self-deleted by its author	9	appalachiablue	Feb 2015	Apr 2016	2	3120
Some memories of Appalachia...	1	A Little Weird	Jan 2016	Feb 2016	5	2674
xp - Mining Flattened Parts of Appalachia by 40 Percent, increased water pollution risk	1	Panich52	Feb 2016	Feb 2016	4	2492
Bernie Endorsed By Vice Chair, West Virginia Democratic Party Christopher J. Regan	0	appalachiablue	Jan 2016	Jan 2016	3	1756
Now, PBS 'The Mine Wars' American Experience, Mother Jones, Union Struggles New 2016 WETA	4	appalachiablue	Jan 2016	Jan 2016	4	2599
Don Blankenship trial continues. Good coverage at the Coal Tattoo Blog.	1	greatlaurel	Oct 2015	Oct 2015	5	1905
‘Rape Rooms’: How W.Va. Women Paid Off Coal Company Debts (xpost from Good Reads)	0	A Little Weird	Oct 2015	Oct 2015	3	2094
Coal’s Decline Is Choking Appalachia Towns (xpost from GD)	10	KamaAina	Sep 2015	Sep 2015	1	4367
Gazette editorial: W.Va.’s chance at the future (EPA)	1	Panich52	Aug 2015	Aug 2015	1	1771
Mini-Grant Funding Available to Support Environmental Education in Appalachian Ohio Now Available	1	theHandpuppet	Sep 2014	Jul 2015	1	1979
Financing plan offers 1 percent loans in Appalachia (Kentucky)	0	A Little Weird	Jun 2015	Jun 2015	0	1716