A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts.

Presidents have long used coal miners as political props. Yet federal policies have done little to improve their lives, and ...

Evan Smith, a longtime advocate for Eastern Kentucky, writes a brief on the long, drawn-out case of coal miner David Howard.

America needs coal. For generations, our nation has tapped into coal’s unparalleled benefits as an affordable and reliable ...

Kentucky has bourbon and horse racing – and arguably the best of both in the world. You can explore the Churchill Downs in Louisville, follow the Bourbon Trail through Lexington, catch a race ...

The prospect of shutting down mine safety offices in Kentucky coal country — while refusing to communicate about what that will mean for mine safety — is cruel and callous. It makes no sense ...

The coal industry once provided more than half of U.S. electricity production. But it has been in steep decline for decades ...

One coal miner in danger of developing black lung has ... in Appalachian coal producing states including West Virginia and Kentucky. Some entered job retraining but few could replace the pay.

ABC News' Jay O'Brien spoke with miners in coal country after the Trump administration slashed a federal institute that protected them from the black lung.

“The coal miner has always been viewed as the epitome ... He’s long since left the coalfields for a manufacturing job in Louisville, Kentucky. But he watches with a combination of frustration ...

BrightNight made community engagement central to its plans for a 201MW PV project in a former mining area in Kentucky.