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</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:30:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/09/17/unanswered-questions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0689.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0689</image:title><image:caption>The crowd gathers to learn more from Console about fracking</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0694.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0694</image:title><image:caption>Myra Bonhage-Hale holds signs with questions she had for Console</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:30:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/09/22/reluctant-activist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/volk-farm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Volk Farm</image:title><image:caption>A farm in Lewis County, W.Va. 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Barrick</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:30:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/10/01/frackings-greatest-threat-fractured-relationships/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:29:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/10/10/incompetence-and-complacency-increase-dangers-from-fracking/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:29:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/10/28/voices-out-of-the-wilderness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1774.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1774</image:title><image:caption>Tom Bond of Jane Lew is interviewed by WBOY and WDTV regarding his views on fracking</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0894.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0894</image:title><image:caption>A convoy of fracking industry trucks rumble through Weston, W.Va. at lunchtime</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0870.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0870</image:title><image:caption>Joao Barroso makes a point with neighbors in Randolph County</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1754.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1754</image:title><image:caption>April Keating shares her insights on fracking at La Paix gathering</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:29:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/10/28/victim-in-fracking-truck-accident-had-warned-commissioners-of-roadway-dangers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0965.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0965</image:title><image:caption>Trucks must turn wide heading west on Rt. 33 (E. 2nd Street) from Main Street. This is Weston's main intersection.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0914.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0914</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag08941.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0894</image:title><image:caption>A convoy of fracking trucks pass through Weston</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0942.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0942</image:title><image:caption>Skid marks show where Barbara Volk's car hit the curb</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0938.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0938</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:28:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/11/04/area-group-to-host-forum-on-fracking-and-pipeline-issues/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/landfill-traffic-3065-label-crop-crop-crop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Landfill traffic 3065-label crop-crop-crop</image:title><image:caption>Trucks hauling solid waste from fracking sites line up at the Wetzel County landfill.
Photo by Bill Hughes</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:28:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/11/07/fracking-forum-a-time-to-learn-unify-and-act/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/atleigh-and-grandpa-27.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Atleigh and Grandpa 27</image:title><image:caption>Enjoying time with my granddaughter in the woods</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:28:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2014/12/08/monongah-tragedy-still-looms-large/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ubb.png</image:loc><image:title>UBB</image:title><image:caption>Upper Big Branch
Credit UMWA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/monongah-headline.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monongah headline</image:title><image:caption>Headline tells of the disaster at Monongah</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:27:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/02/18/lent-offers-opportunity-to-reflect-upon-environmental-stewardship/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/morning-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Morning 12</image:title><image:caption>The Pisgah Forest in western North Carolina</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cold-creek-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cold Creek 12</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:27:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/02/05/the-real-war-on-coal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0046</image:title><image:caption>A train hauls coal east as it emerges from the Big Bend Tunnel near Talcott, W.Va.
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:27:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/02/19/a-dirty-dozen-reasons-to-oppose-fracking/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fracking_water-pollution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fracking_water pollution</image:title><image:caption>The stream on the left was polluted by runoff from fracking operations. 
Photo courtesy of Ed Wade Jr. and Wetzel County Action Group</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fracking_truck-accident-in-wetzel-county.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fracking_Truck accident in Wetzel county</image:title><image:caption>A fracking truck accident in Wetzel County, W.Va. Photo courtesy of Ed Wade Jr. and Wetzel County Action Group</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fracking_gas-well-fire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fracking_Gas well fire</image:title><image:caption>An uncontrolled gas well fire in Doddridge County. 
Photo courtesy of Ed Wade Jr. and Wetzel County Action Group.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/imag0894.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG0894</image:title><image:caption>A convoy of gas trucks rumble through downtown Weston, W.Va. at lunchtime.
Photo by Michael Barrick</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:26:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/02/24/a-legacy-to-honor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dad-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dad 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/leader-of-the-band.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leader of the Band</image:title><image:caption>Mike Barrick directs the George Barrrick Jr. Victory Band in 1941 in Morgantown, W.Va.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:26:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/03/02/earth-day-conference-announced/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0084.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0084</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0075.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0075</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:26:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/03/02/sierra-club-championing-energy-efficiency-in-west-virginia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sierra-club.png</image:loc><image:title>Sierra Club</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:25:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/03/02/eqt-letter-characterized-as-misleading-and-bullying/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:25:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/03/19/preserving-sacred-appalachia-conference-offers-unprecedented-gathering/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ipl-logo-green-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IPL Logo - green 2015</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/slumc_logo_5-28-2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SLUMC_Logo_5-28-2014</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:25:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/03/22/seeking-dominion-over-his-own-land/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jb-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JB 10</image:title><image:caption>The late winter sun reflects off of one of the 14 ponds on the property of Joao Barroso</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jb-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JB 4</image:title><image:caption>A couple of the 14 ponds on Joao Barroso's property</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jb-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JB 7</image:title><image:caption>Joao Barroso stands along Mill Creek on his property</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jb-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JB 2</image:title><image:caption>Pristine streams such as Mill Creek, in Randolph County, W.Va., would be significantly impacted by construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Photo by Michael M. Barrick.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:24:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/04/01/the-old-and-new-partnering-for-preserving-sacred-appalachia-conference/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wv-ipl-logo-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WV IPL Logo - 2015</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wv-sierra-club.png</image:loc><image:title>WV Sierra club</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sierra-club.png</image:loc><image:title>Sierra Club</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:24:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/04/04/a-pivotal-moment-for-west-virginias-eminent-domain-law/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mountain-valley-pipeline-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mountain-Valley-Pipeline-Map</image:title><image:caption>Mountain Valley Pipeline (in green).  Note that it runs from near the Pennsylvania line in the north to the Virginia line in the south.

Courtesy: FracCheckWV</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:24:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/04/17/provisions-of-w-va-storage-tank-law-undermine-its-stated-intent/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/valley-falls-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Valley Falls 1</image:title><image:caption>The Tygart Valley River at Valley Falls State Park on the Marion and Taylor County line in West Virginia.

Photo by MB</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_00203.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0020</image:title><image:caption>Bluestone Lake in southern West Virginia

Photo courtesy of Debbie Smith</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_00202.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_00201.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/angie-rosser-speaks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Angie Rosser speaks</image:title><image:caption>West Virginia Rivers Coalition Executive Director Angie Rosser speaks before West Virginia legislators 

Photo courtesy of WV Rivers Coalition</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0084.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0084</image:title><image:caption>Sandstone Falls on the New River near Hinton, W.Va.

Photo courtesy of Debbie Smith</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/safeguarding-water_wvrc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Safeguarding water_WVRC</image:title><image:caption>A child enjoys the wonder of a Wild West Virginia river.

Photo courtesy of West Virginia Rivers Coalition</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:23:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/04/25/west-virginia-church-earns-award-for-solar-energy-use/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/shepherdstown-pres-ch_solar-hollar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shepherdstown Pres Ch_Solar Hollar</image:title><image:caption>Photo courtesy of Solar Holler</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:23:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/05/01/unity-the-theme-at-preserving-sacred-appalachia-conference/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/earth-638831main_globe_east_2048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth 638831main_globe_east_2048</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/curry-hedge-and-johnson-at-conference.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Curry Hedge and Johnson at conference</image:title><image:caption>Tierra Curry (L), Susan Hedge and Allen Johnson lead a discussion on the sacredness of Appalachia.
Photo by Keely Kernan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/st-john-xxiii-ctr-aj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>St John XXIII Ctr [AJ]</image:title><image:caption>St. John's XXIII Pastoral Center.
Photo by Allen Johnson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bill-hughes-at-conference.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bill Hughes at conference</image:title><image:caption>Bill Hughes with FracTracker Alliance teaches about the harms associated with fracking.
Photo by Keely Kernan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tierra-curry-at-conference.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tierra Curry at conference</image:title><image:caption>Tierra Curry with the Center for Biological Diversity discusses the impact of climate change upon Appalachia at the Preserving Sacred Appalachia Conference in April 2015
Photo by Keely Kernan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bob-henry-baber-at-conference.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bob Henry Baber at conference</image:title><image:caption>Bob Henry Baber, an Appalachian poet, writer and educator, speaks at the conference.
Photo by Keely Kernan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ben-townsend-at-conference.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ben Townsend at conference</image:title><image:caption>Ben Townsend, a West Virginia native and traditional Appalachian musician, teaches at the conference.
Photo by Keely Kernan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:23:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/06/29/fracking-poses-threats-to-public-health-say-experts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ehp-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>EHP Logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:22:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/07/28/catholic-committee-of-appalachia-asks-appalachias-bishops-to-vigorously-support-and-apply-popes-ecological-encyclical/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/appalachia_arc.gif</image:loc><image:title>Appalachia_ARC</image:title><image:caption>Appalachia
Source: Appalachian Regional Commission</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:22:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/08/04/appalachian-residents-joining-hands-in-opposition-to-pipeline-development-and-fracking/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/im000720.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000720.JPG</image:title><image:caption>The Stonewall Gas Gathering pipeline construction is less than 100 feet from this home near Weston, W.Va.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:21:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/08/19/west-virginia-residents-in-heart-of-fracking-fields-join-in-national-action/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/haol-dcwa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HAOL DCWA</image:title><image:caption>West Virginia residents stand in solidarity against fracking at the first "Hands Across Our Land" fracking protest iin 2015.
Photo courtesy of Doddridge County Watershed Association</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:21:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/08/19/west-virginia-pipeline-project-cited-for-numerous-violations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/failed-erosion-control-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Failed erosion control 1</image:title><image:caption>Failed erosion control on construction of Stonewall Gas Gathering pipeline in West Virginia
Photo by Autumn Bryson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/failed-erosion-control-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>failed erosion control 3</image:title><image:caption>Failed Erosion Control
Photo by Autumn Bryson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/failed-erosion-control-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Failed erosion control 2</image:title><image:caption>Failed Erosion Control
Photo by Autumn Bryson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/proud-employee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Proud employee</image:title><image:caption>This gas company employee refused to give his name to Tom Berlin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/state-road-truck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State Road truck</image:title><image:caption>The license plate of a state employee responsible for oversight of the SGG</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/im000880.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000880.JPG</image:title><image:caption>Just one of many wetland crossings for the SGG route</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/im000867.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000867.JPG</image:title><image:caption>Note the trees plowed under. This is an example of Precision Pipeline's concern for the environment</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/im000898.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000898.JPG</image:title><image:caption>The West Fork River in Central West Virginia t is sediment laden from runoff due to poor sediment control by gas pipeline contractors</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:21:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2016/01/24/putting-liberation-theology-to-practice-in-appalachia/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:20:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2016/03/24/atlantic-coast-pipeline-not-a-done-deal/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:19:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2016/04/22/industrial-hemp-offers-hope-to-appalachias-farmers-and-environment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hemp-postcard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hemp postcard</image:title><image:caption>A postcard titled “A Kentucky Hemp Field” shows a crop at the turn of the 20th century. Image courtesy University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/va-hemp-members-at-wvu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VA Hemp members at WVU</image:title><image:caption>The Virginia Industrial Hemp Coalition's Leadership team at a conference on industrial and medical cannabis at the WVU College of Law,</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hemp-crop-in-kentucky.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hemp crop in Kentucky</image:title><image:caption>The first legal Kentucky hemp crop was grown at the University of Kentucky Spindletop Research
Farm in Lexington in August 2014.  Photo courtesy Chase Milner
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:19:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2016/04/25/west-virginia-catholic-diocese-challenged-to-reject-coals-dirty-money/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/michael-j-iafrate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Michael J Iafrate</image:title><image:caption>Michael J. Iafrate</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:18:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2016/05/09/virginia-officials-agree-to-demands-from-advocacy-group-about-pipeline-deliberations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/deerfield-augusta-county.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deerfield - Augusta County</image:title><image:caption>A screen shot from the DPMC''s new interactive web mapping system. This is of blast radius and evacuation zones for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Courtesy DPMC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:18:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2016/05/17/citizens-encouraged-to-request-public-hearings-about-mvp/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:17:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2016/05/20/mountain-valley-pipeline-would-cost-impacted-communities-billions-of-dollars-asserts-independent-study/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mountain-valley-pipeline-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mountain-Valley-Pipeline-Map</image:title><image:caption>Portion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline are included in the Key-Log Economics report.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:17:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2016/12/14/ken-hechler-an-inspirational-mountaineer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ken-hechler.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ken-hechler</image:title><image:caption>Ken Hechler, front, at a rally to end mountaintop removal outside the headquarters of Massey Energy. Photo by Vivian Stockman.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:17:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2017/01/22/drawn-to-mother-earth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/im000127.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000127.JPG</image:title><image:caption>Crooked Run, Lewis County, W.Va.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/falls-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>falls-3</image:title><image:caption>Sandstone Falls on the New River new Hinton, W.Va.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscn2345.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2345</image:title><image:caption>Blackwater Falls in Tucker County, W.Va.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-23T12:16:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2017/01/30/take-a-hike/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nov12-07r.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nov12-07r</image:title><image:caption>Wilson Creek as it just begins to level off after falling thousands of feet from the top of Grandfather Mountain. Photo credit: Michael M. Barrick</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nov12-07j.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nov12-07j</image:title><image:caption>Wilson Creek just upstream from its confluence with the Johns River. Photo credit: Michael M. Barrick</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nov12-07n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nov12-07n</image:title><image:caption>Wilson Creek, looking upstream. Photo credit: Michael M. Barrick</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8</image:title><image:caption>Harper Creek, a major tributary of Wilson Creek near Edgemont, N.C. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nov12-07u.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nov12-07u</image:title><image:caption>Wilson Creek, looking downstream. Photo Credit: Michael M. Barrick</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nov12-07s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nov12-07s</image:title><image:caption>Wilson Creek. Photo Credit: Michael M. 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The Piedmont Wagon Company was Hickory’s first major industry and was a key to the town’s growth from 1880 to the 1920s. Prior to the establishment of the Piedmont Wagon Company, small wagon and blacksmith shops dotted Catawba County. Work in these shops, usually located at crossroads, was all done by hand, whereas much of the factory’s work was done with the aid of machines. George C. Bonniwell (1837-1912) is generally credited with establishing the company. An architect, engineer, and builder, Bonniwell came to North Carolina from Philadelphia in 1878. He found a business partner in the person of Andrew L. Ramseur, the operator of an iron forge, gristmill, and sawmill on the Catawba River. The original site of the factory was located at the intersection of the Western North Carolina Railroad and the Chester Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad. The present-day building is located on a slight knoll in the angle formed by the two sects of railroad tracks. The location was thus ideal for the growth of the business. As the company prospered, its physical plant, spread over the thirteen acres, increased in size. … At its height the primary markets for Piedmont’s products were eleven southeastern states, extending from Virginia to Texas. Output increased to one thousand wagons per month. This was from a business which originally produced one wagon per week.&#13;
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Source: “Piedmont Wagon Company,” City of Hickory, N.C. November 3, 2008, http://www.hickorygov.com/egov/docs/1225758113383.htm&#13;
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/horseford-bridge1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Horseford Bridge</image:title><image:caption>The Horseford Bridge&#13;
The Horseford Bridge, built by private investors in 1849, was the vital link that opened up Hickory to the bountiful crops of the mountain farmers. Spanning the Catawba River into Caldwell County, it helped spur Hickory’s growth, especially after the railroad arrived about 10 years later. Between the bridge and the rail lines, farmers could now get their crops to markets previously unavailable.&#13;
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Photo courtesy of Catawba County Historical Association Archives&#13;
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/horseford-bridge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Horseford Bridge</image:title><image:caption>The Horseford Bridge, built by private investors in 1849, was the vital link that opened up Hickory to the bountiful crops of the mountain farmers. Spanning the Catawba River into Caldwell County, it helped spur Hickory’s growth, especially after the railroad arrived about 10 years later. Between the bridge and the rail lines, farmers could now get their crops to markets previously unavailable.&#13;
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Photo courtesy of Catawba County Historical Association Archives&#13;
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In 1760, western North Carolina was a wilderness, as evidenced by the top map. However, as is clear in the bottom map, by 1850 Catawba County’s borders were established. Clearly, the early settlement by the Sherrills and other early pioneers to the Catawba Valley paved the way for rapid growth of the region.&#13;
© Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, N.C.&#13;
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Edwards</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bob-terry-patrick-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bob Terry Patrick 2</image:title><image:caption>??????????</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bob-kogut-terry-edwards-patrick-crouch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bob Kogut Terry Edwards Patrick Crouch</image:title><image:caption>??????????</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-15T15:36:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2024/04/21/earth-day-north-carolina-photographer-finds-birds-a-source-of-great-joy-and-wonder/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/david-collins.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>david-collins</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/david-collins-trumpeter-swan.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>david-collins-trumpeter-swan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/david-collins-bluebird-pair.jpg</image:loc><image:title>david-collins-bluebird-pair</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/david-collins-drake-mallard-duck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>David Collins Drake Mallard duck</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-15T15:35:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2021/12/11/the-climate-emergency-and-appalachia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/center-for-biological-diversity.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Center for Biological Diversity</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/air-pollution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Air pollution</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-16T14:04:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/07/14/standing-their-ground/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/middle_island_creek_map-credit-tim-kiser.png</image:loc><image:title>Middle_Island_Creek_map Credit Tim Kiser</image:title><image:caption>Middle Island Creek Watershed
Art courtesy of Tim Kiser</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/im000692.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000692.JPG</image:title><image:caption>In this standard operating procedure for the natural gas industry, pipeline construction passed within 100 feet of this home in Big Issac, W.Va., creating a permanent safety risk and a long season of no sleep for residents during construction. The stream nearby was also compromised.  Photo by Michael M. Barrick</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/im000674.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000674.JPG</image:title><image:caption>Meathouse Fork in Doddridge County with heavy sediment resulting from pipeline construction in the summer of 2015. This would be the fate of thousands of miles of watershed should the ACP be built.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/middle-island-creek-pipeline-airforce.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Middle Island Creek [Pipeline Airforce]</image:title><image:caption>Meathouse Fork on June 22. Note the heavy sediment.
Photo courtesy of Pipeline Air Force</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/big-isaac-pipeline-airforce.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Big Isaac [Pipeline Airforce]</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/im000701.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000701.JPG</image:title><image:caption>Justin McClain (L) listens as his father, Robert talks about the Stonewall Gas Gathering Pipeline</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/im000716.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000716.JPG</image:title><image:caption>Stonewall Gathering Pipeline construction as seen from a hilltop in Doddridge County, 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ROW</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/rr-ties-at-driveway.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RR ties at driveway</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/run-off.jpg</image:loc><image:title>run off</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/wv-dep-0009-row.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WV DEP 0009 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7</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-20T19:05:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2024/04/14/who-tells-our-story-are-self-anointed-caretakers-of-appalachian-history-hiding-the-truth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1911-scrip-machine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1911 scrip machine</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wess-with-w-west-portrait.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wess with w West portrait</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/esau-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Esau 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/whipple-company-store.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Whipple Company Store</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/proffitt-visits-harris.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Proffitt visits Harris</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/five-dollar-scrip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>five dollar scrip</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/one-pounder.jpg</image:loc><image:title>One pounder</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-08T16:26:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2024/04/22/preserving-and-honoring-mother-earth-for-our-children/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sunset-wv.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset WV</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/grand-canyon-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grand Canyon 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/emerald-isle-nc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Emerald Isle NC</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/linville-falls-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Linville Falls 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/linville-falls-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Linville Falls 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jaxsyn-overlooking-linville-river.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jaxsyn overlooking Linville River</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-22T12:32:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2024/03/27/new-psr-report-documents-fracking-in-west-virginia-gas-wells-with-forever-chemicals-pfas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/psr-ftr-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PSR FTR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dark-red-logo-wide-w-darker-nobel-text-transparent-300-ppi_bold_tag-1400x271-1.png</image:loc><image:title>dark-red-logo-wide-w-darker-nobel-text-transparent-300-ppi_bold_tag-1400x271</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/fracking-with-forever-chemicals-in-west-virginia-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fracking-with-forever-chemicals-in-west-virginia cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/psr-ftr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PSR FTR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-27T14:43:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/02/17/more-than-woods-and-streams-destroyed-when-wild-places-are-defiled/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/aj-grandpa_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000495.JPG</image:title><image:caption>Playing in a clean mountain creek. Clear waters such as these are in jeopardy from energy extraction</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mtn-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mtn 2</image:title><image:caption>Cold Creek in the Pisgah Forest of western North Carolina. This water basin is home to some of the most rare Southern Appalachian plant and animal life.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-21T18:11:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/03/28/federal-and-state-agencies-targeted-for-lax-oversight-of-mountaintop-removal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mtr-2_ovec.png</image:loc><image:title>MTR 2_OVEC</image:title><image:caption>A mountaintop removal site

Photo courtesy of Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mtr-from-ovec.png</image:loc><image:title>MTR from OVEC</image:title><image:caption>A Mountaintop Removal Site

Photo courtesy of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-21T18:04:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/03/28/citing-medical-studies-activists-call-for-end-to-mountaintop-removal-permits/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://appalachianchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mtr-rally-in-dep-lobby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MTR rally in DEP lobby</image:title><image:caption>Organizers and participants of The People's Foot Rally wait in the DEP lobby to be heard by DEP staff. Initially, 10 had planned to meet with DEP leaders, but others joined. When DEP staff said not all present could be in the meeting, all in the group left

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