After public outcry, the General Services Administration has reversed its decision to close down more than 30 U.S. Mine ...

Willie Dodson, the Coal Impacts Program ... the wholesale closure of every mine safety office in eastern Kentucky,” he said.

Leases for MSHA offices in Barbourville, Prestonsburg ... cuts would affect the agency’s oversight role in Kentucky and Appalachian coal mines, and referred The Courier Journal to the General ...

In surface mining, companies use explosives and heavy equipment to uncover coal seams ... room at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonsburg, Ky., on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—With a federal investigation into technically active but nonproducing “zombie” mines set to begin in March, a citizens law group in Kentucky has found production idled at ...

A second worker buried under tons of rubble when a Kentucky coal preparation mine collapsed Tuesday night is dead. “This is a heartbreaking situation and I hope everyone will join Britainy and ...

It’s just sitting there.” The mine in Pike County is one of hundreds of surface-mined coal sites across Eastern Kentucky that have not been fully reclaimed as quickly as they should have ...

The Kentucky House passed House Bill 85, allowing smaller coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training required for each underground shift. Supporters said ...

Appalachian states like Kentucky have a long, turbulent history with coal and mountaintop removal—an extractive mining process that uses explosives to clear forests and scrape soil in order to ...