According to the bureau of labor statistics coal mining remains among the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. Coal mining has a ...

The chair of the Kentucky Public Service Commission asked Kentucky Power executives to explain to electricity customers why ...

Despite the decline in coal production in Kentucky, the state remains heavily dependent on coal to generate electricity. In ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...

(AP) - Crews desperately continued removing massive amounts of water in an effort to locate a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine in West Virginia as the work entered a fifth day Wednesday. Gov.

HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB) on Thursday reported net income of $344,000 in its fiscal first quarter. The Hazard, Kentucky-based company said it had ...

For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day. Burning all that coal has ...

Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to “reinvigorate” American coal, the industry isn’t gaining much steam. The Department of Interior offered up thousands of acres for coal mining on public ...

Jennifer Lee Broadhurst receives funding from various sources for research purposes, but none that have vested interest in the outcomes of this work. Brett Cohen receives funding from various ...

Hazard pharmacist, pilot and author John Chaney has released his newest book, “Big Mabel,” a story set in Kentucky’s coal country. “I’ve been a pharmacist for 47 plus years,” Chaney said. “I’ve worked ...

Stephen C. Cawood, a Pineville lawyer who died at 82, was a lifelong advocate for Kentucky's Appalachian region. Cawood represented people victimized by the coal industry and helped draft key state ...