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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 ...

Coal employment numbers in Kentucky have fallen sharply over the last decade as demand for coal has declined. Kentucky employed about 4,700 mine workers at the end of 2023, including about 2,700 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...