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 ...

Kentucky House lawmakers want to expand utility providers' ability to cover the cost of compliance with toughened environmental regulations against coal-fired power plants and out-of-state fossil-fuel ...

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 ...

A Western Kentucky coal company that has provided an economic lifeline for some laid-off Eastern Kentucky miners has announced potential large layoffs itself. Patriot Coal Corp. gave notice Friday ...

Eastern Kentucky coal country is filled with people competing for nonexistent jobs, tied to the area by family and unable to sell their homes even if they want to leave. People such as 50-year-old ...

Berkeley Energy Group (BEG) is a coal company located in Eastern Kentucky, one of the areas in America hit hard with a decline in coal production, In Eastern Kentucky, annual coal production fell from ...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Andy Barr unveiled his plan Monday to jumpstart Kentucky’s beleaguered coal industry by fostering artificial-intelligence infrastructure. The Bluegrass State is ...