Each year the Northern Appalachian Folk Festival is celebrated in Indiana, PA. Musicians, vendors and local activists were present. The video below is from the event. The first 8 minutes were livestreamed with my GoPro. I’m still getting the hang of it. First, I met activists from Friends of Yellow Creek State Park in the […]

On Monday I sat down with local author Hilary Hauck for an interview. She is one of the organizers of the 2024 Festival of Books in the Alleghenies. Allegheny Independent Media is a media sponsor for this event. It will be on September 20 & 21 in Ebensburg, PA. Day one of the Festival The […]

One of the best panel discussions I heard at the Appalachian Studies Association Conference was on “Cooperatives and Sustainable Development in Appalachia.” Convened by Shaunna Scott of the University of Kentucky. It is seen in the video above. It included J. Todd Nesbitt of Lock Haven University, Hannah Scott of the CFAES Center for Cooperatives […]

Yesterday I gave a new media presentation at the 46th ASA Conference. The video of the presentation is above. A video that shown in the presentation is below. I am unable to embed the slides used in the presentation but you can view them here. Rural areas in the U.S. are at risk of becoming […]

A little bit of housekeeping before I talk about the 46th Appalachian Studies Association Conference. I have been busy with teaching, working and other things to post twice a week. Allegheny Independent Media is looking for contributors. We are able to pay $50 per article. The Southern Poverty Law Center will be coming out with […]

This Friday I spoke with Rachel Allen and Tulsi Shrivastava of the Unity Coalition of the Southern Alleghenies. It was created in 1994 in response to increased hate group activity in the area. It has evolved over time but remains active in the Southern Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. I gave a brief review of the history […]

Hello. My Name is Paul Ricci, MS MA. I have been a statistician/blogger for 20 years who has written on a variety of topics in and around the Allegheny Mountain Region of Pennsylvania. This project is an expansion of these efforts to further study issues facing the area without fluff. Below is a video introduction […]