Mountain News & World Report

-Kentucky River Community Care's Sapling Center in Whitesburg offers transitional youth a safe place to access basic necessities, technology, mental health services, and support for transitioning into independent living. -The Boone Youth Drop-In Center (Appalachian Media Institute) also in Whitesburg offers a safe and sober place for those ages 14-22 to spend time, access technology, create art, play music and games, take workshops, learn creative skills, and be fully themselves. -Stephanie Chernyaskiy (aged 24) a Letcher County native shares her optimism about the next 4 years with Donald Trump as president. Hannah Adams (aged 18) also of Letcher County shares what those of us living in small coalfields towns do with divided politics and no place to hide from them.