“That’s what we’re here for.” Like much of Eastern Kentucky, Martin County has faced depopulation and economic uncertainty as the coal industry — which once formed the economic backbone ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. (WCHS) — In Martin County, Kentucky, residents are no strangers to water issues. When the electricity goes out in the area, the water usually goes out with it. However ...

A second man has died days after a shuttered Kentucky coal plant building collapsed, trapping the two workers. The abandoned building in rural Martin County, Kentucky, was being prepared for ...

This story is part of our series Asking Appalachia: Coal, Trump and the politics of eastern Kentucky. Find part one here. David Maynard and his wife Shea Maynard were born in Martin County ...

For over 100 years, Himler House stood on a hill overlooking Beauty, formerly Himlerville, in Martin County, Kentucky. Once the site of grand Christmas parties and banquets, the house was ...

INEZ, Ky. (WCHS) — Rising floodwaters are wreaking havoc throughout eastern Kentucky, flooding some people for the second time this year. In Martin County, some people are trapped because of the ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. — Officials have announced the second worker that was trapped after an 11-story coal preparation plant collapsed in eastern Kentucky has died. According to his social media ...

Ohio Task Force 1 spent Tuesday searching houses in the icy flood waters in Martin County, Kentucky. "It has been a very busy couple of days, "Task Force Leader Jim O'Connor said. "Yesterday ...

In Martin County, Kentucky, residents are no strangers to water issues. When the electricity goes out in the area, the water usually goes out with it. However, following the winter storm at the ...

Himlerville, Kentucky circa 1920. Himlerville was the coal camp for the Himler Coal company, a cooperatively owned mining operation in Martin County. Many of Himlerville’s original buildings still ...