The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Complete Production Services Inc. has purchased Appalachian Well Services Inc. for $49.3 million and about 588,000 shares of Complete stock. (CPX)
BlogHer (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
I want to encourage folks to support the Appalachian History project at DonorsChoose.org . To be honest, it was tough to pick just one. This particular project however has life changing possibilities. Mrs. L's class needs 15 non-fiction books on Appalachian history and culture. The transfer of cultural information is a crucial element in visualizing success in your future.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Only one store prospers on Main Street in Chillicothe, a town of 22,000 people on the edge of the Appalachian mountain region in Ohio whose venerable public buildings speak of a happier past. It is Frank's Pawn Shop.
NewsObserver.com - College Sports (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Armanti Edwards threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for two more as Appalachian State beat The Citadel 47-21 on Saturday.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Armanti Edwards threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for two more as Appalachian State beat The Citadel 47-21 on Saturday.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Armanti Edwards threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for two more as Appalachian State beat The Citadel 47-21 on Saturday.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
While Ohio's Appalachian region is a political battleground in the presidential race, Appalachian Kentucky - and the rest of Kentucky - is not getting the same attention from the candidates as its Ohio counterpart.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Edwards completed touchdown passes of 25 yards to Matt Cline, 4 yards to CoCo Hillary and 68 yards to Radford in the second quarter, and tacked on a 24-yard scoring pass to Josh Johnson in the fourth quarter. He also had touchdown runs of 16 and 3 yards in the second quarter.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Armanti Edwards threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for two more as Appalachian State beat The Citadel 47-21 on Saturday.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Armanti Edwards threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for two more as Appalachian State beat The Citadel 47-21 on Saturday.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
BOONE, N.C. -- Armanti Edwards threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for two more as Appalachian State beat The Citadel 47-21 on Saturday.
Oliver Willis (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
America, eff yeah! Last Monday more than 440 members of the United Mine Workers of America took the day off, halting production at the Blacksville mine. The union declared it a Memorial Day, largely to protest what union officials said was an anti-Obama ad that the National Rifle Association was filming at the mine. Phil Smith, the [...]
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
By Jennifer Bain1:45 p.m. ET In March of 1997, hiker Bill Maddrell set off on a solo trip down the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, a well-worn ribbon that slices through 14 states, eight national forests, and six national parks from Maine to Georgia. Determined to walk the entire 2,176 miles, he took a 60-pound backpack, but his relatives thought that wasn’t enough. “They asked me if I was...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | yesterday
[October 2008] The story of Moran L. “Dock” Boggs venturing from his home county of Wise, Virginia to the larger world of music is comparable to other rural Appalachian musicians who were discovered in the late-'20s and early-'30s. A few record executives from the Brunswick label had come to the Norton Hotel in Norton, Virginia to hold auditions, and Boggs was able to prove his musical talent...
Letters in Bottles (Free subscription) | yesterday
A. Palin inspires references to Rudyard Kipling and the zany Dutch tulip bubble of the 1600s . B. Another story on white Appalachian Democrats less than keen on Obama. Why don't we see stories about well-established black voter blocs that impose similar racial standards on candidates? C. The Dow goes for a wild ride. But numbers might rebound today as the government starts buying commercial...
