Early returns from the Central Kentucky district could indicate what kind of election night the GOP is going to have.

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 ...

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 ...

A coal company that once controlled one of Eastern Kentucky’s largest remaining reserves of premium steelmaking coal fetched just $1.1 million at a court-ordered bankruptcy auction this month, marking ...

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Hundreds of former coal miners may lose their most direct path to recovering wages and benefits they say they were owed after an Eastern Kentucky coal operator laid them off without notice earlier ...

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President Donald Trump and Republicans are seeking a coal revival, but the lone Democrat from coal-producing Kentucky isn’t having it. Morgan McGarvey, the lone congressional Democrat from the ...

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Frankfort, KY — A new Kentucky law reduces – to one from two – the number of certified emergency medical and mine emergency technicians required during each shift at small underground coal mines. H.B.