[2] In 2011, Appalachia consolidated with neighboring Powell Valley High School, located in Big Stone Gap.

That year, Dr. J. J. Kelly, Wise County's new Superintendent of Schools, gave out diplomas at the first graduation in the spring of 1917.

Contractors used local Wise County bricks to construct this structure, until the current school was built in 1960.

In 2023, the main classroom building and auditorium buildings were torn down and "The Doghouse" would be renamed to the "Turner Field House" in honor of legendary Bulldog head coach Tom Turner, who lead the Bulldogs to five state championship appearances before his retirement soon after and his death in 2006.

His son Travis, who was Appalachia's starting quarterback from 1994 to 1997(winning three state championships in the process), is now the head football coach of Union High School in Big Stone Gap.

[3] In 2001, the school took that Virginia Group A championships in both the 400-meter sprint and the 200 hurdles when Roshana Jackson won both events.