Kentucky's ever-booming bourbon industry is making its way into the commonwealth's coal country. Brothers Wright Distilling Co. is planning to open in Pike County late next year, and ...

Seven leases for Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) offices across Kentucky are being canceled, according to the ...

A bill that will loosen Kentucky's protections over groundwater and other important water resources passed in the state legislature. Supporters said the bill would ease regulations for coal mining ...

Minutes after a widow emotionally testified about losing her 29-year-old husband in a deadly 2005 coal mine accident in ...

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.

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

House Bill 196 involves first aid required at coal mines; House Bill 398 relates to state workplace safety standards.

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

Madisonville Community College’s efforts to prepare displaced coal industry workers for new jobs has won a national award.

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

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 ...