LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Hard times are expected to continue in the Appalachian region that was once the heart of the nation’s coal production, according to a new report. US-led tariff battle may bring ...

Himlerville, Kentucky circa 1920. Himlerville was the coal camp for the Himler Coal company, a cooperatively owned mining operation in Martin County. Many of Himlerville’s original buildings still ...

There is no cure for Smarsh’s condition. He tries to slow the progression with “piles of meds,” he said, but things will ...

For decades, railroad tracks carried coal from eastern Tennessee to power plants in the eastern U.S. (Photo by Appalachian Voices / Flickr) This story was originally published by The Conversation.

Through a new process that turns coal waste into a material that can power electric cars, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has a unique opportunity to return energy-producing jobs to Appalachians who ...

Nearly one in five coal companies would have been out of compliance with rules that are being held up by federal regulators ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Last year, I moved to Kentucky—not to escape the chaos of California, but to build something better. I wanted to be somewhere people still ...

Federal cuts have targeted Kentucky's mine safety offices, terminating leases at seven locations around the state. If lease terminations result in fewer mine safety officials based in Kentucky ...

Stephen C. Cawood, a Pineville lawyer who died at 82, was a lifelong advocate for Kentucky's Appalachian region. Cawood represented people victimized by the coal industry and helped draft key state ...

As clinics see a rising number of black lung cases, the Trump administration has paused a 2024 regulation that limits dust ...

Central Appalachia is home to the third-largest concentration of forest carbon offsets traded on the California carbon market. But while these projects bring new investments to Appalachia, most people ...