Two people have been charged with burglary after a community member reported possible trespassing at the former Peabody Coal ...

About 1.5 million Kentuckians rely on drinking water from private wells or public water systems drawing from groundwater.

The 19-year-old plays the bass drum in the Morehead State University marching band, and his late father loved playing the ...

An effort to lower the number of medically-trained emergency personnel required in smaller active coal mines passed a Senate ...

DOGE terminated leases for more mine safety offices in Kentucky than any other state, a move advocates say comes at the expense of miners' health.

Kentucky's ever-booming bourbon industry is making its way into the commonwealth's coal country. Brothers Wright Distilling Co. is planning to open in Pike County late next year, and ...

Minutes after a widow emotionally testified about losing her 29-year-old husband in a deadly 2005 coal mine accident in ...

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 ...

House Bill 196 involves first aid required at coal mines; House Bill 398 relates to state workplace safety standards.

Rep. Hal Rogers, whose district houses most of these offices, sent us a statement: We only have 2,545 coal miners left in Eastern Kentucky, after the war on coal decimated the industry in Central ...

If all the targeted offices close, it would leave only two MSHA offices in place to police more than 100 Kentucky coal mines, where millions of tons are produced every year. Only a handful of ...