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Legislation to protect healthcare and pension benefits for around 120,000 former coal miners and their families is stuck in the U.S. Senate, where…
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East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) and its 16 owner-member electric cooperatives have released a second documentary film examining the effects of…
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State Senator Steve West says federal coal policy has been very unfair to the industry, even as it has worked to deliver its product in much cleaner…
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The Martin County man who serves as president of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity says the loss of mining jobs in Appalachia is just part…
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U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell is making another pitch for a Presidential visit to Kentucky’s coal country. The Republican lawmaker renewed his request on…
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Kentucky Congressman Hal Rogers is accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of waging a “relentless attack on jobs in the coal industry.”The Somerset…
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Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers says after consideration, his chamber will likely restore the number of state mine inspections in the state…
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A state House panel has unanimously approved a bill to provide tax incentives to the ailing coal industry.House Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins says…
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One of the nation's largest coal producers will pay the largest fine of its type ever levied for violations of the Clean Water Act.Alpha Natural Resources…
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Four cases alleging a Western Kentucky coal company repeatedly discriminated against a miner for reporting unsafe working conditions were filed last…