James River Coal Co. received federal bankruptcy court approval Thursday to sell its idled McCoy Elkhorn mine complex in eastern Kentucky to initial bidders after no competing offers surfaced.

Eighty-five percent of Musselshell voters backed Trump in the 2024 presidential election. They viewed his victory as a ...

Pullman, Centralia, and Elcor are among towns whose fortunes rose and fell with one company. Some bounce back; others went ...

Companies have invested billions of dollars in Kentucky for clean energy technologies. Now, Congress may wipe out key ...

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - After public outcry, the General Services Administration has reversed its decision to close down more ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Knife River Corp. is selling its coal mines to a Colorado company, divesting itself of a business the company has been in for more than 80 years. Westmoreland Coal Co. is ...

Minnesota-based Talon Metals and Westmoreland Mining Co. signed an agreement Wednesday that gives Talon the sole rights to ...

A Swiss corporation — the largest commodity company in the world and one of the largest companies of any kind — is set to purchase five open-pit coal mines ... the Kootenai River in Montana ...

HOLMES MILL, Ky. — An explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine killed five miners Saturday, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said. A sixth miner was able to walk away from the blast and out of the mine on ...

A ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday morning officially opened Lexington’s new river park – Kelley’s Landing, Lexington’s ...