Unpredictable weather demands coal-powered investments, and research saying otherwise is biased, GOP senators say.

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 ...

A photo of a coal miner at a Kentucky elementary school's homecoming went viral, capturing the hearts of many with its reminder of the sacrifices coal miners make for their families.

Utility advocates take aim at a pair of GOP-backed laws in 2023 and 2024 that put a thumb on the scales in favor of coal.

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.

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 ...

The deaths of five Kentucky coal miners in a May 20 explosion has prompted the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to appoint a veteran investigation team leader to determine the cause of the ...

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.

PROVIDENCE, Ky. -- A rescue team found a second Kentucky miner dead Thursday after a roof collapse at an underground coal mine with a long history of safety problems. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear ...

SECO, Ky. — Mines built this company town. Jack and Sandra Looney hope vines — the wine grapes growing on a former strip mine in the hills above — will help to draw visitors here. Their Highland ...

LYNCH, Ky. -- Joseph Marzelli is glad for the cheerful canary singing in the darkness of an Appalachian coal mine. "As long as I can hear your song, I know I'm safe," Marzelli says in a heavy Italian ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the author of the controversial Green New Deal, represents the Bronx and Queens, but says her she has great empathy for areas like Appalachia that are struggling. She ...