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By Willie Davis

Ky. Sports Assoc. v. Cordia: Win or Go Home

Willie Davis · Mar 18, 2015

In a state where basketball is a religion, a small, mountain school is accused of heresy – disturbing the hierarchy of Kentucky high school sports. Fined, sanctioned and harassed for its transfer students – many of whom are urban and black – the Cordia School has a history of coming from behind. But this is about more than…

Review: Jennifer Haigh’s ‘News from Heaven’

Willie Davis · Nov 12, 2013

For this collection of stories, author Jennifer Haigh returns to rural Pennsylvania to explore the lives of characters connected through a common geographic setting and the gaps of silence.

Beyond Coal

A Region Worth More Than Mountaintops

Willie Davis · May 1, 2013

With production cut in half and steeper declines on the way, King Coal’s reign in Central Appalachia is over. The question is “what comes next?” To learn where their own future may lie, Kentuckians look to other rural regions – and…

Energy

Electrician by Trade, Solarized by Necessity

Willie Davis · Sep 7, 2011

A lifelong electrician, disabled by injuries, turns to his devoted wife and ingenuity to power their mountain home with sunlight.

Energy

Taking a Leap to Reach ‘Sustainable’

Willie Davis · Aug 8, 2011

In one of the premier coal counties of Appalachia, a new initiative is pushing for an alternative foundation for the local economy and culture.

Agriculture

Profiting from the Web and Thirsty Chickens

Willie Davis · Jun 28, 2011

With ingenuity and smart application of Internet-marketing, a couple in rural Virginia has managed to stay on the farm, and get away from it occasionally too.