2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (112+ words) The Ghost Counties of Appalachia: A Warning from West Virginia's Coalfields Apr. 11, 2026 at 11: 30pm A once-bustling hub of nearly 100, 000 residents in the 1950s, Mc Dowell County now stands as a shadow of its former self, with fewer than 17, 000 people. Home to the…...

9+ hour, 31+ min ago  (172+ words) Daily Kos Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. We're going to…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (674+ words) BOOK OF THE WEEK The cover image shows the No. 13 incline belt conveyor, with its'overhead gas delivery bus of the El Paso ASARCO smelter and one of its two iconic stacks before the operation was permanently shuttered and demolished in…...

11+ hour, 37+ min ago  (576+ words) islands. com New Mexico's Once-Thriving Mining Town Now Sits Abandoned While you may think of ghost towns in relation to the American West, they actually exist all over the United States. Some stand on private property, and you're only allowed…...

22+ hour, 45+ min ago  (211+ words) Kathmandu. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has intensified its efforts to beautify the city by planting flowers in pots along the roadsides, aiming to make the city more attractive and greener." The campaign was initiated by the Park and Greenery Promotion…...

22+ hour, 37+ min ago  (301+ words) The Verde Independent Some of the mineral lodes staked by the men from Nevada and Alexandra in 1876 were conveyed to Frederick F. Thomas during October of 1882 and became part of the United Verde Copper Company. The smelter, boarding houses and other…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1733+ words) Posted by Nathaniel Herz | Apr 10, 2026 This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center's'Story Reach U. S. Fellowship. It's the third in a series about access to commercial fisheries in rural Alaska; read'Part One'and'Part Two. Across Alaska's coastline, from the Indigenous…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (224+ words) Author: Abhimanyu Singh Arha Conflicts over the Strait of Hormuz'from Portuguese expansion to contemporary tensions'demonstrate how strategic trade chokepoints shape shifts in global power In 1507, a consequential battle was fought at Hormuz between the rising Portuguese maritime empire and the…...

2+ day, 29+ min ago  (75+ words) Tippah News The war in Iran has disrupted the trade in frankincense, a resin that has shaped Middle Eastern trade routes for thousands of years, a recent article said. The article said the disruption is not limited to energy supplies…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (590+ words) (Graphic from U. S. Census Bureau) Mc Dowell County, West Virginia, had nearly 100, 000 residents in 1950. Today it has fewer than 17, 000. That number " 16, 878, according to the U. S. Census Bureau's newly released Vintage 2025 population estimates " represents a loss of more than 82% of the county's mid-century…...