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

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. • When Glen Turley, 61, lost his job as a coal company truck driver, he did what many people his age shudder to consider: He went back to school to find a new career. The Quarry ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—With a federal investigation into technically active but nonproducing “zombie” mines set to begin in March, a citizens law group in Kentucky has found production idled at nearly 40% of ...

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

Kentucky's two largest surface coal mine operators will pay $660,000 to the state because of violations found at labs that test water discharged into streams. In addition, the state is expanding its ...

The Kentucky House passed House Bill 85, allowing smaller coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training required for each underground shift. Supporters said ...

Portal 31 mine in Lynch, Kentucky is one of few Kentucky mines that have been repurposed into an engine of economic activity. Meredith Perkins In 1948, over 75,000 Kentuckians worked in coal mines.