Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mountaintop near Cumberland, Kentucky, remains scarred after it was strip mined for coal. Many mining companies walked away ...

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 ...

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.

A former surface mine in Pike County, in Eastern Kentucky, had not been fully reclaimed in December 2023 even though there had been no mining at the site in several years. Appalachian Voices A mining ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Alan Maimon, former Louisville Courier-Journal reporter and the author of Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning, talked about the history of ...

The Kentucky Lantern is an independent, nonpartisan, free news service based in Frankfort, a short walk from the Capitol. Are data centers the new coal? Or are they the new landfills? Or the new ...

Former employees of a now-bankrupt Eastern Kentucky coal mining operation are suing the company for failing to provide adequate notice before laying off about 300 workers late last month. A Virginia ...

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 ...

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 ...