House Bill 196 will reduce from two to one the number of mine emergency technicians on duty at small coal mines.

Currently in Kentucky, two emergency trained workers are required at mines while they’re producing coal, no matter the size.

Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.

A bill that will loosen Kentucky's protections over groundwater and other important water resources passed in the state ...

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 ...

I can’t say that I anticipated just the wholesale closure of every mine safety office in eastern Kentucky,” he said. Locations include ...

Rosebud Mining Co., of Kitanning, is interviewing some of the workforce at two mines owned by Corsa Coal, U.S. headquartered ...

The policy would set a 30-day timeline for project approvals and comes in response to the president’s “energy emergency” ...

They cited the 2005 death of David “Bud” Morris, who suffered inadequate medical care from the sole MET on duty at his Harlan ...