In the spirit of this Saturday's No Kings Protest — the third of its kind, taking place March 28 — the spotlight turns toward something that's been here all along: the quiet, persistent, powerful community action happening right here in the Tri-Cities. This photo essay moves through three moments of resistance in the Appalachian borderlands — a knitting circle, a street protest and a punk benefit show — tracing what connects them beneath the surface. It starts with "Resist, Stitch, & Bitch,"...

The Resilient Farmer Fund benefit concert at the Paramount Theatre almost didn't happen. A city sewage malfunction threatened to shut down the venue before the first note could sound, before the first dollar could be raised for the farmers still digging sand out of fields that Hurricane Helene had rendered useless.    But the crowd—attendees, musicians, organizers, farmers, and sponsors alike—made a pact: hold it or use the restrooms elsewhere, but keep the doors open and let the music play....

Why Appalachian workers and students pay the steepest price for this national delusion     There is a specific, haunting vibe to the Monday after Daylight Saving Time (DST). It feels less like a calendar event and more like a low-grade, collective hangover. It is a ritualistic act of self-harm where 330 million people simultaneously decide to sacrifice an hour of sleep to a policy that is over a century old, scientifically indefensible and, to put it mildly, really stupid.  We treat DST like...