Nationwide, the leases for 29 Mine Safety and Health Administration ... We only have 2,545 coal miners left in Eastern ...

OpEd: Kentucky residents who care about the welfare of working miners should ask Congressman Hal Rogers what he plans to do to keep regional MSHA offices open, and to keep miners safe.

A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts.

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers praises President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost the coal industry, call's coal ...

A dozen years ago eastern Kentucky enjoyed reasonable prosperity. Now, with heavy competition from oil and the large, highly mechanized coal mines, the operators of the small mines are squeezed ...

“Coal mining is a tough business ... Work now done by people in the offices throughout eastern Kentucky likely would be consolidated in Lexington, Kentucky, or Wise County, Virginia, which are 200 ...

Wes Addington is the executive director of the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center. In an interview with Eastern Standard, he ...

Kentucky stands to benefit from President Donald Trump's recent executive orders aimed at boosting the coal industry, ...

President Donald Trump has signed four executive orders aimed at limiting restrictions on coal mining production. Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers says this will benefit Kentucky’s economy.

Andy Beshear has allowed to become law House Bill 196, which will reduce from two to one the number of mine emergency technicians, or METs, who must be present at Kentucky coal mines when there ...

During her investiture as Kentucky’s first female chief justice, Debra Lambert said her experience growing up in Eastern ...