Coal

Joe Oliver and Tony Brown peered into the dark crawl space beneath a Letcher County, Kentucky, home. Already, they could see problems. The crawl space had…

An annual report from the Appalachian Regional Commission shows that while Appalachia is seeing some economic improvement, the heart of the region and its…

The Kentucky Coal Association says former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $500 million pledge to close every coal-fired power plant in the U.S. would…

Harold Sturgill was disabled by black lung disease when he was 58 years old. Now he advocates for disabled miners.“When it comes to the mining companies,…

Brick buildings line the wide sidewalks of Main Street in downtown Coshocton, Ohio. On a recent spring day the dogwood trees are blooming. Bright red and…

Kentucky authorities say a coal miner has died from injuries suffered last week at a mine in southeastern Kentucky.The state Energy and Environment…

Retired coal miners joined lawmakers from the Ohio Valley on Capitol Hill Wednesday for another attempt to protect miners’ pensions.Pensions are at risk…

Robert Bailey started mining coal in southern West Virginia's McDowell County in the 1970s. By the time he retired from the Patriot Coal Company 36 years…

Residents of Appalachian coal communities told a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday that the controversial mining practice known as mountaintop removal…

An Ohio Valley ReSource analysis of federal mine safety data shows that the companies belonging to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice owe $4.3…