Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When retired coal miner Phillip Johnson bought a small building several years ago, he had someone he knew with a bulldozer haul it ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David "Bud" Morris celebrates his son Landen's first Christmas in 2005. Five days later, Bud died after a mine owner, the only ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) — Coal mining communities in western Kentucky may soon get some much-needed economic relief as a new program aimed at helping counties replace revenue makes its way to western ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Department of Government Efficiency revealed last week the cancellation of six mine safety office leases in the state of Kentucky. Nationwide, the leases for 29 Mine Safety ...

Coal from Eastern Kentucky was crucial for powering America's industrial efforts during both World Wars. Residents in the region now face utility bills that can be higher than their mortgage payments.

This story is courtesy of the Kentucky Lantern, a project of States Newsroom. At 11:15 on the morning of March 9, 1976, ...

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — The bodies of a father and son were found inside an abandoned eastern Kentucky coal mine, officials said. Ricky Dixon, 41, and Kevin Dixon, 19, both of Cornettsville, went into the ...

In March 1976, two explosions over two days rocked the Scotia coal mine in Eastern Kentucky, killing 26 men. Fifty years ...