Trump administration reverses course on plan to close more than 30 mine safety offices, although two in Kentucky still are ...

But a spokesperson for the federal labor department, which oversees that federal agency, told the Associated Press last week ...

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

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. – With years of coal-mining job losses and a Democratic president viewed as hostile to the industry, former President Bill Clinton went deep into coal country on Thursday ...

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 ...

Willie Dodson, the Coal Impacts Program ... the wholesale closure of every mine safety office in eastern Kentucky,” he said. Locations include Barbourville, Prestonsburg, Harlan, Hazard, Beaver ...

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Ray Marcum bears the marks of a bygone era of coal mining. At 83, his voice is raspy, his eastern Kentucky accent thick and his forearms leathery. A black pouch of Stoker’s 24C ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...