This week, Russ, Nicole and Austin meet via Zoom to talk some about how the response to COVID has changed our lives as journalists and also what we at Appalachian newspapers are doing to support the need for good information…

Above the Fold: COVID and Journalism

Jun 15th, 2020 22m 10s

Above the Fold: At a distance

Mar 27th, 2020 22m 9s

This week, Russ, Nicole and Austin meet via Zoom to talk some about how the response to COVID has changed our lives as journalists and also what we at Appalachian Newspapers are doing to support the need for good information in our communities

Above the Fold: Faith and Corona

Mar 19th, 2020 37m 43s

In a different kind of episode thanks to social distancing, Russ is joined by First Baptist Church of Pikeville Senior Pastor John Lucas to talk about how “church” has changed since the rise of the COVID-19 scare and also discusses the basis fo

Above the Fold: Mental health in a Pandemic

Mar 12th, 2020 41m 19s

This week, Russ, Austin and Nicole are joined by Dr. Leigh Ann Ford, a licensed psychologist and Lindsey Wilson College assistant professor, who reached out to our newspapers on an important topic — the reality of the need for a focus on mental

Above the Fold: Rosie the Riveter

Mar 5th, 2020 34m 43s

In this weeks episode Nicole finally gets to speak about her appearance on the Kelly Clarkson show tomorrow with Former Rosie the Riveter Georgia Pelfrey Syck (Story Here). We also have some news from Sen. Mitch McConnells office about the over

Above the Fold: Evolving Issues

Feb 27th, 2020 28m 31s

This week we take a look at a story that will be appearing in all of our papers about the growing issues with Cyber security, robocalls, phishing emails and even text scams. Nicole sat down with a local expert from Community Trust Bank on the i

Above the Fold: Golden Egg

Feb 20th, 2020 50m 54s

In this week's episode, Russ and Nicole discuss the U.S. Senate race, which has been making its way into the region, a legislative measure which could make changes to the way you're informed about government activities and some good news on tou

Above the Fold: Rain, rain, go away

Feb 13th, 2020 54m

Sorry for missing last week everyone, but this weeks main topic of discussion will be the biggest reason for us missing last week, and that is the rain and flooding the the Eastern Kentucky area. The flooding has caused numerous problems for th

Above the Fold: Can't take our guns, unless they're in video games

Jan 30th, 2020 45m 22s

This week we come back in with some more news in the e-sports world in Kentucky but, we primarily focus on the new development area on the South side of Pikeville with the announcement of the new Fazolis and the new area being built up around t

Above the Fold: E-Sports Y'all

Jan 23rd, 2020 47m 52s

Russ, Nicole and Austin talk about a diverse grouping of subjects, from the Pike County Clerk's request for tens of thousands of dollars in supplement funding, to the rise of ESports and a Kentucky minor league baseball team's usage of a common

Above the Fold: Mine Wars

Jan 16th, 2020 45m 4s

In this week’s episode, Russ, Nicole and Austin discuss a Pike County situation in which miners, alleging they hadn’t been paid, stopped a coal train and got their demands met; Gov. Beshear’s State of the Commonwealth Address and calls for “uni

Above the Fold: Second Amendment

Jan 9th, 2020 41m 59s

This week we are joined by Pike County Judge Executive Ray Jones to talk about the recent passing of the resolution to make Pike County a Second Amendment Sanctuary County and about gun control in general.As always if you like what you're liste

Above the Fold: Year in Review

Jan 2nd, 2020 25m 49s

For the first episode of the New Year we take a look back at 2019 and some of the larger stories in our coverage area.As always if you like what you're listening to give us a follow, a like and subscribe that way you don't miss out on any of th

Above the Fold: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Dec 20th, 2019 32m 32s

In this final episode of 2019, Russ and Nicole discuss the horrific deaths of more than a dozen horses in Floyd County, legislators’ words to a local fiscal court and the ongoing fight against meth trafficking, plus a discussion of holiday movi

Above the Fold: Hollerfied

Dec 12th, 2019 40m 23s

This week we take a quick trip to Lexington where the 606 represented Eastern Kentucky by bringing back four state championships in football, mainly focusing on the events leading up to the 2019 UK Orthopaedics/KHSAA Gridiron bowl surrounding J

Above the Fold: From a Galaxy not so far away

Dec 5th, 2019 38m 43s

From a galaxy not so far away (the Appalachian News Conference room) we bring you this episode of Above the Fold, we dive into some local news in Martin County where trouble continues with the city officials, and we take a look at the coming we

Above the Fold: There Ya Meal

Nov 27th, 2019 29m 20s

Don't forget to hit the like or subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Podbean or Spotify so you can stay up to date with Above the Fold.This week we are coming at you a day early because of Thanksgiving, we take the time to bring in Austin Blanke

Above the Fold: Pre-Turkey Talk

Nov 21st, 2019 30m 55s

While you're at it, drop us your best dad joke in comment section, and we might even read a few of our favorites on next weeks episode.Don't forget to hit the like or subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Podbean or Spotify so you can stay up to

Above the Fold: Night of the Living Election

Nov 7th, 2019 47m 3s

Don't forget to hit the like or subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Podbean or Spotify so you can stay up to date with Above the Fold.This week is all about the election, I know last week was as well but, this week we take a look at the afterma

Above the Fold: Election Edition

Oct 31st, 2019 1h 14m

Don't forget to hit the like or subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Podbean or Spotify so you can stay up to date with Above the Fold.Its election time in Kentucky, and you know what that means, a lot of political talk.This week Russ and Chris

Above the Fold: Episode 22

Oct 24th, 2019 36m 58s

Don't forget to hit the like or subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Podbean or Spotify so you can stay up to date with Above the Fold.There's a lot of big news going on in our area, this week we are joined by News-Express Staff Writer Austin Bl

Above the Fold: Episode 21

Oct 17th, 2019 48m 2s

Don't forget to hit the like or subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Podbean or Spotify so you can stay up to date with Above the Fold.This week we change things up and are joined by our first guest, Wes Wilson, Director of the Tug Valley Chambe

Above the Fold: Episode 20

Oct 10th, 2019 33m 36s

Don't forget to hit the like or subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Podbean or Spotify so you can stay up to date with Above the Fold.Our Appalachian coverage are was hit hard again this week with the information of around 500 job losses in the

Above the Fold: Episode 19

Oct 3rd, 2019 48m 30s

Don't forget to hit the like or subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Podbean or Spotify so you can stay up to date with Above the Fold.We're back this week and with some big news coming out around Kentucky regarding testing scores.The scores hav