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What is this company doing differently that’s going to allow them to profitably succeed while so many other mines have not ...
An Eastern Kentucky distillery known for its unique approach to aging bourbon in a century-old coal mine is expanding its ...
The collapse of an 11-story coal mining plant in Martin County left two workers trapped under the rubble as crews worked to free them Wednesday. One of the workers has since been confirmed dead ...
Himlerville, Kentucky circa 1920. Himlerville was the coal camp for the Himler Coal company, a cooperatively owned mining operation in Martin County. Many of Himlerville’s original buildings still ...
U.S. President Donald Trump has singled out the coal industry as a key driver of U.S. energy dominance, but there are ...
A booming narrator says Kentucky coal mining began when the country began — in the late 1700s. The search for coal would lead here, to this place in the Cumberland Valley.
Kentucky legislature removes workplace safety standards, passing measures that improve profits at the expense of workers’ ...
Surface coal mining, which includes mountaintop removal mining, has had sprawling impacts on the landscape in Eastern Kentucky and Appalachia.With surface coal mining, trees and soil are removed ...
PROVIDENCE, Ky. -- A rescue team found a second Kentucky miner dead Thursday after a roof collapse at an underground coal mine with a long history of safety problems. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear ...
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Democrats Are Going Extinct in Kentucky’s Coal Country - MSNThe last rural Democrat in Kentucky’s state senate just switched parties. Robin Webb is wrong that Republicans better represent her coal-country constituents, but she’s right that Democrats ...
KY native Betty Jean Hall, a lawyer & Berea College graduate who fought for jobs for women in coal mining, died, according to her obituary.
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