President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits ...

John Thomas Quintrell withheld taxes of up to $22 million over a period of more than six years, according to his federal plea ...

Ramaco Resources today said Martin van Wyk has agreed to join Ramaco as senior vice president of critical minerals processing ...

For over a century, coal has transformed central Appalachia. All the while, religion has been transforming in the mountains, ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell told his colleagues behind closed doors this week that "failure is not an option" when it comes to passing their bill to deeply cut health, nutrition and education ...

A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining. Howard Berkes NPR Mine safety is under attack. In the ...

David "Bud" Morris celebrates his son Landen's first Christmas in 2005. Five days later, Bud died after a mine owner, the only mine emergency technician on duty, failed to render aid after Bud was ...

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — About a dozen Kentucky coal miners remained on train tracks Tuesday, saying they haven't been paid for producing the coal in the train cars. The tracks lead from Quest Energy in Pike ...

HOLMES MILL, Ky. -- A team of federal and state investigators on Tuesday entered the underground coal mine in southeastern Kentucky where five miners died in an explosion several days earlier.

The last rural Democrat in Kentucky’s state senate just switched parties. Robin Webb is wrong that Republicans better represent her coal-country constituents, but she’s right that Democrats lost ...

LONDON, Ky. (WYMT) - An Eastern Kentucky coal operator pleaded guilty to withholding more than $22 million in federal income ...