A Kentucky electric utility is planning a significant expansion of natural-gas fired power including the conversion of ...

U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers ordered Lexington Coal Company LLC to follow a previous directive to address selenium ...

Kentucky is one of few Kentucky mines that have been repurposed into an engine of economic activity. Meredith Perkins In 1948, over 75,000 Kentuckians worked in coal mines. After eight decades of ...

Kentucky Coal Firm Held in Contempt Again Over West Virginia Mine Pollution HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a third contempt order against a Kentucky coal company for ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a third contempt order against a Kentucky coal company for failing to submit adequate plans to clean up two polluted West Virginia ...

OpEd: Thanks to federal funds, Kentucky’s abandoned mine land program is carrying out projects to protect homes and ...

OpEd: To incentivize economic growth in our declining coal towns and prevent extensive pollution, what if our mines were repurposed as geothermal sites?

Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner, known for his staunch support for the coal industry and other causes in his Appalachian district, has died after being injured at home last month when he ...

Turner's legacy of service to eastern Kentucky,” Madon said in a tribute to his predecessor, who was known for his staunch support for the coal industry and other causes in his Appalachian district.

A coal company once headed by the governor of West Virginia has failed to fully reclaim a surface mine visible from the highest peak in Kentucky, leaving a large scar in view of a planned tourist ...