Currently in Kentucky, two emergency trained workers are required at mines while they’re producing coal, no matter the ...

About 1.5 million Kentuckians rely on drinking water from private wells or public water systems drawing from groundwater.

I can’t say that I anticipated just the wholesale closure of every mine safety office in eastern Kentucky,” he said.

DOGE terminated leases for more mine safety offices in Kentucky than any other state, a move advocates say comes at the expense of miners' health.

The 19-year-old plays the bass drum in the Morehead State University marching band, and his late father loved playing the ...

If all the targeted offices close, it would leave only a few MSHA offices in place to police more than 100 Kentucky coal mines, where millions of tons are produced every year. Only a handful of ...

An effort to lower the number of medically-trained emergency personnel required in smaller active coal mines passed a Senate ...

Kentucky House Bill 196 would let coal companies reduce the number of miners trained in basic first aid at smaller mines.

With a few exceptions, most remaining coal mining in Kentucky consists of small mines, said the committee’s chairman, state Sen. Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville. Requiring these mines to have two ...

Despite reservations voiced by Republicans, a Kentucky legislative committee advanced a bill that would roll back a state ...

Diversified Energy president and chief financial officer Brad Gray claimed that his company's natural gas and coal mine ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - Gov. Andy Beshear encouraged Eastern Kentucky communities to apply for this year’s Abandoned Mine ...