Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.

House Bill 196 will reduce from two to one the number of mine emergency technicians on duty at small coal mines.

There was no way Micheal McGuire was going to miss his 3-year-old son’s first trip to see the Wildcats in person, even if it ...

Andy Beshear has allowed to become law House Bill 196, which will reduce from two to one the number of mine emergency technicians, or METs, who must be present at Kentucky coal mines when there ...

Another 700 people work in preparation plants or office jobs in Kentucky's coal industry. "If the mine safety enforcement arm of the government is weakened, thousands of miners will be at grave ...

A controversial bill that would significantly roll back Kentucky’s ability to regulate water pollution will become law after ...

A bill that will loosen Kentucky's protections over groundwater and other important water resources passed in the state ...

The tiny town of Benham, Kentucky, was originally built to serve the coal mining industry. Now it's embracing solar energy. Benham, population 500, will soon get an array of solar panels atop the ...

With a few exceptions, most remaining coal mining in Kentucky consists of small mines, said the committee’s chairman, state Sen. Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville. Requiring these mines to have two ...

Stella Morris testified before the Kentucky Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee committee on March 6, 2025 about the violent death of her husband, coal miner David “Bud” Morris, ...

“Coal mining is a tough business ... Work now done by people in the offices throughout eastern Kentucky likely would be consolidated in Lexington, Kentucky, or Wise County, Virginia, which ...