What is empty land now will soon be hundreds of thousands of solar panels that will line what was once home to one of the largest coal mines in America.

The 62.5-megawatt solar farm, led by Kentucky-based company Edelen Renewables, will be built on reclaimed coal mining land near the former Paradise Power Plant, which officials say will honor the ...

Officials in Muhlenberg County have announced a new clean energy initiative to be built on a former coal mine.

President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry.

The KY search for trapped coal mine worker Alvin Nees remains a rescue mission, officials say. Associated Press. Published November 3, 2023 11:40am EDT. Facebook Twitter; Flipboard ...

Kentucky legislature removes workplace safety standards, passing measures that improve profits at the expense of workers’ ...

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 ...

A second worker buried when a 11-story mine collapsed in Kentucky Tuesday night has died. Gov. Andy Beshar called the situation ‘heartbreaking.’ ...

Phillip Johnson is photographed on his property in Pike County, Ky., on Tuesday, 18, 2025. Water rushing off a nearby surface coal mine that wasn’t fully reclaimed has rutted out the road to ...

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 ...

On the morning of Aug. 4, 1917, a methane gas explosion at the Western Kentucky Coal Company’s No. 7 mine in Webster County killed 62 of the 153 men underground at the time.