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

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) — Coal mining communities in western Kentucky may soon get some much-needed economic relief as a new ...

OpEd: KY can transform abandoned mine sites into assets for data centers, supporting a low-carbon, energy-efficient cooling ...

A project that will demonstrate the conversion of a former coal mine in Bell County, Kentucky, into a utility-scale 287-MW pumped storage hydroelectric facility has garnered federal backing from the ...

A sign outside an underground mine tour in Harlan County reads: "If you don’t like coal, don’t use electricity.” (Scott Tong/Here & Now) This story is part of our series Asking Appalachia: Coal, Trump ...

Federal cuts have targeted Kentucky's mine safety offices, terminating leases at seven locations around the state. If lease terminations result in fewer mine safety officials based in Kentucky ...

The 1976 Scotia disasters in Letcher County transformed U.S. mine rules. Fifty years later, the rescuers were honored.