There is a new exhibit at ETSU's Archives of Appalachia that highlights the human and environmental costs of coal mining in ...

Appalachia and coal miner advocacy groups celebrated that dozens of MSHA offices that were scheduled to close will now remain open.

Black Lung Disease is a topic and medical condition you hear about often from coal miners. However, the condition, and its ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Last year, I moved to Kentucky—not to escape the chaos of California, but to build something better. I wanted to be somewhere people still ...

Beneath parts of the Appalachian Mountains, thousands of mine shafts still descend deep into the earth. Some of these ...

This story is part of a series on coal country by NPR's Embedded podcast. Episode audio is below. On May 5, 2016, Donald Trump led a campaign rally in Charleston, W.Va. He put on a hard hat and ...

A mining company with operations in Eastern Kentucky is laying off its workers after a temporary furlough due to unforeseen ...

SHERIDAN, WY, UNITED STATES, February 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — A new national-security–focused whitepaper, Unlocking Strategic Rare Earth Elements from Coal ...

Mason Adams and Roxy Todd explain why tensions between the two Virginias may be driving up costs for some customers.