In the Southeast corner of Kentucky near Tennessee and Virginia, Whitley County is a mountain landscape sliced by Interstate 75 and the Cumberland River. The city of Corbin is on the north end and Williamsburg, the county seat and home to the University of the Cumberlands, lies in the center. This is an Appalachian community with a rich past where friendly, hard-working people are trying to figure out their future. “This is my community, this is my people and this is what is important to me,” local resident Laurel West said. “It feels like home; it’s good people here and that makes a difference.”