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

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) black lung screenings for coal miners will start in April ...

NIOSH is launching its annual free, confidential mobile health screenings for coal miners in several states from March ...

The coal industry is in a fight for its life. The forces arrayed against coal are many, varied and powerful. Supporters of ...

Ashley Wilmes, executive director of the environmental law and advocacy organization Kentucky Resources Council, said the legislation would require a higher standard of proof for exposure to chemicals ...

OVEN FORK, Ky. (WYMT) - Families, survivors and mourners gathered Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Scotia Mine ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two days later, a second methane explosion ripped through the mine, killing 11 ...

The federal program begins its 21st year of providing free, confidential black lung testing across six states to support ...

In Appalachia, a deeply red region hit by poverty and cuts, some ask why billions are going to war instead of home ...

Virginia’s U.S. senators have expressed concern to federal mine safety regulators over their response to a Nicholas County ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is investigating whether thousands of abandoned coal mines scattered across the United States could serve as underground reservoirs for pumped storage hydropower, ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed new modeling tools to evaluate whether thousands of abandoned U.S. coal mines could serve as underground reservoirs for pumped storage ...