Since the release of his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy ... associates than an unemployed coal miner in West Virginia. At the RNC, Vance invoked his Appalachian burial ground to challenge the ...

By building a wide-reaching network and convincing successful ventures to stay, leaders say, the state is on track to change its reputation as an ecosystem.

West Virginia also played a pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution with the development of bituminous coal, a cheaper alternative to wood. Located in the Appalachian region, West Virginia has ...