The Coal Cats walked away with it. Sure, Tri-State ended its Appalachian League game with Bluefield early on Wednesday, ...

When Tom Hartz was a young lad in the 1950s, dragline power shovels had pretty much replaced the hardy miners that harvested coal hundreds of feet beneath the Earth’s surface. Still, growing up in ...

For those who are looking towards retirement, this West Virginia town might just give you a good bang for your buck, complete ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry.

Hurricane Creek Mining gets permit for up to 1.8 million tons of coal in Claiborne County over the next decade, enhancing energy independence and job creation.

As Trump proposes cutting Appalachian Regional Commission, Central Appalachia's coalfields and rural counties remain mired in ...

Kentucky legislature removes workplace safety standards, passing measures that improve profits at the expense of workers’ ...

Rare earth elements are a family of 17 metallic elements with unusual properties that make them useful for specific ...

Rousseau was a repeat entrant in the prestigious Dijon Prize contests and actually won the coveted award a second time in 1754 for his “Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men.” In ...

Mining for new opportunities in Appalachia’s coal country Over the last few decades, American energy companies have decreased their coal production, leaving thousands of miners without jobs.

By 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that the lungs of about 1 in 5 coal miners in central Appalachia showed evidence of black lung. It is being diagnosed in younger ...