 What makes for excellence in heart care? It starts with one of the most amazing teams of heart surgeons and cardiologists that I've seen assembled under one roof and the region's leading technology in a new $40 million facility. This is the nationally recognized Heart and Vascular Institute of Eastern Kentucky at Pikeville Medical Center. Backroads of Appalachia, a non-profit organization, recently launched a new app featuring turn-by-turn navigation and local businesses throughout the Appalachian region. A double application was a need for a region to divert and grab traffic out of the other areas of Tennessee, North Carolina and start leading them to our beautiful areas. This purpose is clear. It's to bring all these travelers in, support all of our local businesses so money can be spent, wealth can be spent and generated to create opportunities, jobs and most importantly census to get more people into our state. Hopefully we can get some state land and make it a home. The app also allows users to discover and join local riding groups. This allows riders to connect with others who share their passion for exploring new roads. This bubble application works with or without cell phone service. We thought ahead of this a long time ago, being from the mountains, we know how it works. But what is purpose is this turn-by-turn navigation that covers over 4,000 miles of Appalachia, not just Eastern Kentucky, but West Virginia, Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee. It also purposes all the points of interest that it does have on it for our local businesses or historic sites and things to do. They can build it itinerary so they can plan their trip as either an individual or a group of cars or motorcycles. But come in and enjoy your beautiful atmosphere and people. The app is free to download and is available for both iOS and Android devices. Reporting for Mountaintop News, I'm Brianna Robinson.