David "Bud" Morris celebrates his son Landen's first Christmas in 2005. Five days later, Bud died after a mine owner, the only mine emergency technician on duty, failed to render aid after Bud was ...

The memorial was a collaborative effort between the city, county and tourism officials. Research was conducted to collect the ...

The collapse of an 11-story coal mining plant in Martin County left two workers trapped under the rubble as crews worked to free them Wednesday. One of the workers has since been confirmed dead. But ...

Lewis Ritchie pulls a kayak through floodwater after delivering groceries to his father-in-law on July 28, 2022 outside Jackson in Breathitt County. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images) Over a week ...

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 ...

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 ...

A more than $1 billion three-county solar project on one of Eastern Kentucky's former coal mines got the stamp of approval Friday to start construction. In an Aug. 1 order, the Kentucky Public Service ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Meteorologists Spencer Adkins and Bryan Hughes are thinking about fall and look at how a company in Kentucky takes advantage ...