Uploaded July 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Appalachia’s future remains tenuous. Coal is dying. Jobs are vanishing. Skilled workers are fleeing the region. But as the Topos report noted, Appalachians are pragmatic. Said a woman from Pike County, Kentucky, “Try something new  —  if it doesn’t work, do something else, you know? Just try till you find what works.”

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