There is an innovative company helping to transform the transition from a society steeped into coal but with new opportunties ...

Ahead of the 2024 election, Republicans enjoy overwhelming support in rural, white America. But it wasn’t always that way. How the fall of the coal industry changed politics in eastern Kentucky This ...

Lewis Ritchie pulls a kayak through floodwater after delivering groceries to his father-in-law on July 28, 2022 outside Jackson in Breathitt County. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images) Over a week ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal utility board voted Thursday to close a coal-fired power plant in Kentucky, despite objections from President Donald Trump and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...

In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will officially retire from his role as president of the United Mine Workers of America. A ...

President Donald Trump and Republicans are seeking a coal revival, but the lone Democrat from coal-producing Kentucky isn't ...

When planning a getaway, some look forward to exploring crowded big city streets, while others just want to escape it all.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky's beleaguered coal industry, suffering under economic conditions that have cost the jobs of some 2,000 miners over the past year, isn't so feeble after all. Just ask ...

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 ...

In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Kentucky Senate ...

LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Kentucky man died while working at a coal mine in Logan County Friday evening, state officials said. Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson sustained fatal injuries while ...

John Thomas Quintrell withheld taxes of up to $22 million over a period of more than six years, according to his federal plea ...