Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell told his colleagues behind closed doors this week that "failure is not an option" when it comes to passing their bill to deeply cut health, nutrition ...

The Southernmost Illinois Tourism Bureau has appealed to riders of the Chicago Transit Authority with a recent signage ...

James River Coal, a major producer, is idling several eastern Kentucky mines and laying off 525 full-time workers, blaming continued weak markets.

The U.S. Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement have announced that $140.7 million in ...

Employees and the community of Henderson got their first look at a brand new underground mine that opened Tuesday.

The new Henderson County Mine is an expansion of the River View Mine, owned by Alliance Coal, in Union County. The site will be operated by River View Coal, and is expected to create over 260 new ...

Alliance Coal and the Henderson County community celebrated the grand opening of the Henderson County Mine, Alliance Coal’s newest underground site, located at 6755 Sulphur Springs Road in Henderson ...

Since 1997, the Alliance Coal Scholars Program has provided $599,000 to 275 college-bound high school seniors, including $49,000 awarded to their exemplary teachers. TULSA, Okla., June 16, 2025 ...

The bulk of U.S coal mined to use as power plant fuel comes from a handful of huge pit mines in the Powder River Basin of northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana.

West Virginia employed the most miners at 14,000, followed by Kentucky at 5,000. About half of the nation’s 560 coal mines are located in West Virginia (165) and Kentucky (112).

The Powder River Basin, where mining companies report billions in annual revenue and hundreds of millions in profit, produces 41 percent of U.S. coal, according to Energy Information ...