Mountain News & World Report

In this week's Mountain News and World Report we look forward towards possibilities for economic development in the region, and we look back, remembering two great writers, readers, and supporters of justice and education in Appalachia. Our first story features a new workforce training and economic development program called the Southeast KY Revitalization Project. Then, we’ll hear two remembrances of great mountain writers who’ve recently passed away. The first, of Paul Nyden - a journalist at the Charleston Gazette for over 30 years who is infamous for holding those in power accountable to the people. And the last, of Anne Caudill - best known as the wife of writer Harry Caudill - but also a writer, thinker, and lover of learning herself.