Stephen C. “Steve” Cawood, an Eastern Kentucky lawyer who championed coal miners, clean water and better schools, died Oct.

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.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House voted Monday to allow the state’s smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training assigned for each underground ...

The Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky.. Photo: Getty Images The Kentucky House voted Monday to allow the state’s smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

LONDON, Ky. (WYMT) - An Eastern Kentucky coal operator pleaded guilty to withholding more than $22 million in federal income ...

Ramaco Resources today said Martin van Wyk has agreed to join Ramaco as senior vice president of critical minerals processing ...

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 ...