At the White House, President Trump recently signed four executive orders to fight back on the wrongheaded policies of the ...

Ebertfest continued with a screening of “Harlan County U.S.A.,” a documentary about the strike of coal miners in Kentucky.

Dozens of mine safety field offices in Kentucky and across the country would close under a proposal by the federal Department ...

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 ...

Promising to end the “war on beautiful, clean coal,” President Trump signed executive orders to buoy the industry. But energy ...

Somerset County coal miners began a 16-month strike on April 14, 1922, for better working conditions and union recognition. Miners and their families faced evictions, harsh living conditions and ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky stands to benefit from President Donald Trump's recent executive orders aimed at boosting the coal industry, according to Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers.

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

Coal Battle will enter the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby on March 29 Lonnie Briley, the 72-year-old trainer of Coal Battle, is in the Kentucky Derby for the first ...

Lonnie Briley has been training since 1991 but never had won a graded stakes race until this year with Coal Battle Briley spotted Coal Battle at the 2023 Texas Thoroughbred Association Yearling ...

The industry also marred Kentucky’s lands and waterways and sickened generations of miners with mine-related illnesses, including Black Lung Disease. Over time, tightly-gripped reliance on coal ...