Category: eastern kentucky

Kentucky Flood Victims Rebuild Again

The Cockerhams of Beattyville, Kentucky have lost everything again. Their home has been destroyed by flooding twice in 17 months. In the heart of Appalachia, Earl Cockerham 81, and his wife Jennifer Cockerham, 62, live on Social Security, on the land once owned by Earl’s grandparents. The North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded their…


Why Wildlife Is Returning to Eastern Kentucky

The past 20-plus years of mass media reporting on the environment has been dominated by predictions of cataclysmic catastrophe and mayhem, although during my life, I’ve seen a very different story. Growing up in Eastern Kentucky, deer were few, with no bear, coyotes, turkeys, mountain lions, bald eagles, and certainly no elk. Today, all of…