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

By 2050, entire counties across Appalachia face the loss of nearly half their populations in what demographers describe as an ...

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

There is a new way to repurpose former coal sites into next generation advanced technology power producers. Is Utah on board?

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black ...

Coal miners, their family members, and union representatives rallied outside of the US Department of Labor’s headquarters in ...

The legislation would require a study on the effects of strip mining in Appalachia. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would restart a long-stalled federal study looking at exactly ...

For the second month in a row, I find myself writing about a sham press conference held under our golden dome in Charleston.

SECO, Ky. — Mines built this company town. Jack and Sandra Looney hope vines — the wine grapes growing on a former strip mine in the hills above — will help to draw visitors here. Their Highland ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – One of the world’s largest coal producers said Thursday it would lay off about 750 workers in the Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia coalfields, the latest setback for an ...