In the late 1700s, settlers were just starting to explore the land we today call Kentucky. To get there, they'd take the Wilderness Road across the Cumberland River at a shallow point just past a gap ...

Eastern Kentucky has always been an off-the-beaten-path kind of place. The tiny town of Pikeville, with a population of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Headstones mark the family cemetery in Breathitt County where J.D. Vance’s grandparents and other ancestors were laid to rest. The ...

In southeastern Kentucky, Pine Mountain State Resort Park is home to more than 40 of the states 148 rare and endangered plants, according to park naturalist Keith Bowling. “We’re actually standing ...

Kentucky is known for many things — horses, basketball, Ale-8-One, hot browns and, of course, moonshine. And for the Arvin family, moonshine has become more than a sweet beverage. When the Arvin ...

Animal did not show natural wear and tear, investigation finds. Necropsy was inconclusive on mountain lion's origins. Kentucky wildlife officials are concluding that someone brought the mountain that ...

If you had come to the amphitheater on Pine Mountain on Memorial Day weekend a year ago you would have found something missing. The green cove deep in the heart of Appalachia would be empty, missing ...