100 Days won two Ohio Valley regional Emmy awards in July for its short films “Hell or High Water: Southern W.Va. Three Weeks after the Flood” and “Fasnacht in Helvetia, West Virginia.” These are the first Emmys for the organization since its 2017 launch.

Hey, 18-25 year-old Appalachians! Tell us where in your life you feel power and agency. When do you feel most in control? Share here: www.dropbox.com/request/px3p... #Appalachia250

📣❗️ANNOUNCEMENT ❗️ 📣 100 Days in Appalachia & YNST Magazine are proud to present NOISE: A Limited Edition Zine and Archive of the Appalachia@250 project. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@dailyyonder.bsky.social recently analyzed crowd-sourced data on the locations of data centers in the United States, how they connect to existing grid infrastructure, and where communities are pushing back on the projects www.100daysinappalachia.com/2026/07/we-m...

Data center home buyouts come to West Virginia. Watch the latest Appalachian News Roundup. youtube.com/shorts/A6P1g...

Are you a journalist whose reporting focuses on faith and religion in America? Reporting on Religion launching its first microgrant program.

40 years after its designation as a national wildlife refuge, Muskingum Island’s 13 gas and oil wells are finally being plugged. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2026/06/musk...

Follow journalist and photographer Kristian Thacker, as he examines the collaboration between federal officials, oil well workers and biologist divers to protect Muskingum Island’s future. youtu.be/qTpUZzH-35Y?...

We’re hosting a documentary and zine storytelling workshop for young adults, ages 18-25, at The Co-op in Morgantown, WV, on May 30 from 10-3 p.m. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are excited to welcome the newest member of our newsroom, Caelan Bailey, a @reportforamerica.bsky.social corps member covering the New Rural Landscape.

Over time, our communities change shape. We innovate. We introduce new ideas. We build new structures. We keep moving. What’s the newest thing in your community? Tell us here: www.100daysinappalachia.com/submit-250/ #appalachia250

This project is part of the national US@250 initiative.

Learn more and share your #appalachia250 story here: www.100daysinappalachia.com/submit-250/

You can respond to these prompts in whatever way most speaks to you - videos, photography, voice recordings, essays, poetry - anything that captures your narrative in your voice.

Over the next few months we will periodically be posting new prompts to this page to get your gears turning about Appalachia’s past and future.

Appalachia@250 asks you to narrate this moment in time in your own words and design an ideal future.

“I believe it’s really important to carry these tunes on to the next generations and to play them, because it not only sustains the tradition, it also sustains the community that creates the tradition.” #appalachia250 youtu.be/bdjqF_oFej8?...

Submit your own reflection about the oldest thing in your community by May 4: www.100daysinappalachia.com/submit-250/ #appalachia250

“I think about the Potomac and the towpath as threads that lace through my … as a college student in Shepherdstown, W.Va., and then as a budding reporter learning to understand the region in a different way.”

What’s the oldest thing in your community? Tell us here by May 4: buff.ly/yM5bsOL #appalachia250

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of America, we reflect on what it means to be from or live in Appalachia. Submit a video, photograph, poem, and we may share it. Or, use the hashtag #appalachia250 to get us your stories.

What’s the oldest thing in your community? Appalachia@250: Dreams for a Shared Future, asks you, Appalachians ages 18 to 25, to narrate this moment in time and design an ideal future. Tell us here: www.100daysinappalachia.com/submit-250/

Five developers are planning to build six data center campuses in Archbald, Pa., which will cover a full 14 percent of the town, evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. www.100daysinappalachia.com/2026/03/the-...

Our short film, “Fasnacht in Helvetia, West Virginia,” will screen on the opening night of this year’s Appalachian Film Festival, held March 20-22, at Foundry Theater in Huntington, W.Va. See the full schedule and buy tickets: www.foundrytheater.org/shows

We've been selected as a 2026 Report for America newsroom partner. We'll hire a reporter to investigate the effects of modern industry in Appalachia across environmental, economic and other systemic impacts that make up our region’s current dystopian landscape.

There's still time to donate to our end-of-year fundraising campaign. We are just a little over halfway to meeting our new goal of raising $10,000 by midnight! Donate here: www.100daysinappalachia.com/support-our-...

When local news thrives, so does our community. If you feel the same way, and our reporting makes a difference to you, please give before midnight tonight. We’re still $9,500 away from meeting our goal of $15,000. Can you help us get there? GIVE NOW: www.100daysinappalachia.com/support-our-...

The design features the brook trout, the only trout native to West Virginia’s streams and a focus of stream restoration efforts throughout the state. It's printed by Pittsburgh-based Commonwealth Press. We're only printing 200, so get yours while you can: buff.ly/I3axqe8

We need your support to keep our unique storytelling going strong in 2026. If you donate a total of $50 or more between today and Sunday, December 21, 100 Days will send you a limited edition bandana designed by Appalachian artist LileeHA. buff.ly/I3axqe8

It's your last chance this #GivingTuesday! Can you help 100 Days raise $1,500 in the next 1.5 hours? Give before midnight to TRIPLE your donation: www.100daysinappalachia.com/support-our-...