The mine shut down years ago, but the site, near the town ... decline of coal. Federal prison construction has boomed in ...

The Kentucky Senate on Friday voted 30-to-5 to pass a controversial bill that would benefit the coal industry by making it ...

Every week several mines are blown up, and just recently a coal operator's home in Hazard, Ky., was dynamited. Rumors spread quickly and are embellished extensively in these small coal towns ...

The minority of Democrats in the GOP-controlled chamber who opposed Senate Bill 89 echoed strong concerns from environmental ...

It's due to the decline of coal jobs, the decline of rural economies and the horrific addiction epidemic across Appalachian Kentucky. This damaged pride manifested as shame, which provided fertile ...

A 111-MW solar power facility built on reclaimed land at a former coal mine site in Kentucky has entered commercial operation. The Martin County Solar Project (MCSP), developed, built, owned and ...

Senate Bill 89 now goes to the House. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet has too much authority to interfere with coal mining while carrying out its regulatory mission of protecting water ...