Lawyer Stephen Cawood built one of the greatest bodies of work of any Kentuckian to protect Appalachians from the adverse ...

David "Bud" Morris celebrates his son Landen's first Christmas in 2005. Five days later, Bud died after a mine owner, the only mine emergency technician on duty, failed to render aid after Bud was ...

John Thomas Quintrell withheld taxes of up to $22 million over a period of more than six years, according to his federal plea ...

President Donald Trump and Republicans are seeking a coal revival, but the lone Democrat from coal-producing Kentucky isn't ...

In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will officially retire from his role as president of the United Mine Workers of America. A ...

Sep. 21—(StatePoint) Kentucky is known the world over for its bourbon, horse racing and its jaw-dropping scenery, however on a deeper level there is so much more to the Bluegrass State. Literally.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House voted Monday to allow the state’s smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training assigned for each underground ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The federal agency that oversees mine safety claims a western Kentucky coal company broke the law by filing a lawsuit against a former worker who complained about unsafe working ...

When planning a getaway, some look forward to exploring crowded big city streets, while others just want to escape it all.

A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining. Howard Berkes NPR Mine safety is under attack. In the ...

HOLMES MILL, Ky. -- A team of federal and state investigators on Tuesday entered the underground coal mine in southeastern Kentucky where five miners died in an explosion several days earlier.

LONDON, Ky. (WYMT) - An Eastern Kentucky coal operator pleaded guilty to withholding more than $22 million in federal income ...