Sep. 21—(StatePoint) Kentucky is known the world over for its bourbon, horse racing and its jaw-dropping scenery, however on a deeper level there is so much more to the Bluegrass State. Literally.

Senate GOP candidate Andy Barr has proposed regulatory changes to increase coal production in Kentucky to meet the growing ...

Kentucky poised to be a leader in AI data-center development with firm reinvestments in its struggling coal economy, the congressman says.

The Company, through a newly created subsidiary, Range Bluegrass Land LLC (“Range Bluegrass”), acquired all of the real and personal property of the Premier Elkhorn Mine Complex and the Cambrian Coal ...

At the historic Portal 31 coal mine in Lynch, Barr said coal remains essential to America’s future and national security.

Stephen C. Cawood, a Pineville lawyer who died at 82, was a lifelong advocate for Kentucky's Appalachian region. Cawood represented people victimized by the coal industry and helped draft key state ...

PROVIDENCE, Ky. -- A rescue team found a second Kentucky miner dead Thursday after a roof collapse at an underground coal mine with a long history of safety problems. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear ...

David "Bud" Morris celebrates his son Landen's first Christmas in 2005. Five days later, Bud died after a mine owner, the only mine emergency technician on duty, failed to render aid after Bud was ...

HOLMES MILL, Ky. -- A team of federal and state investigators on Tuesday entered the underground coal mine in southeastern Kentucky where five miners died in an explosion several days earlier.

Minutes after a widow emotionally testified about losing her 29-year-old husband in a deadly 2005 coal mine accident in Harlan County because the first aid available in the mine was inadequate to stop ...

A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining. Howard Berkes NPR Mine safety is under attack. In the ...