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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 ...

The two Kentucky workers who were trapped when a coal mine plant collapsed have been identified. One worker died during rescue efforts and another is believed to be trapped.

The Kentucky Capitol is seen on Jan. 14, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky House voted on March 11, 2024, to allow the state's smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners ...

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 ...

KY Sen. Mitch McConnell, I doubt coal miners will 'just get over' proposed Medicaid cuts that could close the hospitals they fought to build.

In a three-part series, Kentucky Public Radio explored the state's ambitious plan to create seven new housing developments. Most are on former strip mines. For it to work, they'll have to surmount ...

Rescue crews continue to work at the scene of a coal mine preparation plant collapse in Martin County, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, near Inez Ky. Officials have released the names of two workers trapped ...

The mine in Pike County is one of hundreds of surface-mined coal sites across Eastern Kentucky that have not been fully reclaimed as quickly as they should have, leaving barren ground and ...

MADISONVILLE, Ky. -- A western Kentucky coal mine is being brought back into service, opening jobs for as many as 900 miners. St. Louis-based Armstrong Coal Co. plans to begin operation at the Big ...

Kentucky used to let radiologists who specialized in coal dust do this work. But in 2018, Kentucky lawmakers changed things so that only pulmonologists can make the official black lung diagnosis.

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 ...