In Harlan County, Kentucky, the 1931 Battle of Evarts ... Kenny Johnson looked past a small bridge that leads to a mining operation. Coal is still being mined there today, just not by union ...

HARLAN, Ky. – It began to rain as the last of a ... There were also few options in the area, he said, "it's either Walmart, coal mine, hospital." Amid the downturn in recent years, he left ...

Unemployed Blackjewel coal miners man a blockade along the railroad tracks that lead to their old mine in Harlan County, Kentucky. When a few of the miners learned the company was shipping out a ...

Housed in a former commissary building and tucked into the hollers of Harlan County — the heart of Kentucky mining country — is a museum dedicated to all aspects of extracting coal from the ...

HARLAN, Ky. — Kentucky coal miners bled and died ... Johnson looked past a bridge that leads to a mining operation. Coal is still mined there today, just not by union miners.

The last remaining Democratic state representative in rural Kentucky just announced she’s switching parties. Robin Webb’s ...

James Philpot, who was laid off in June from his job at an underground mine in Harlan County, said a number of factors have cut demand for Eastern Kentucky coal, including completion from natural ...

As detainments and deportations cause many travellers to turn away from America, Annabel Grossman journeyed deep into the ...

"Mine operations remained suspended Tuesday while an investigation continues, state officials said. HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. — Crews have recovered the body of a Kentucky coal miner missing after a ...

Coal truck drivers at two Harlan, Kentucky mines initiated a strike over non-payment of wages. The truckers, non-unionized and employed by independent local firms, accuse coal mine operator ...

There were two coal-related deaths in Kentucky, one at a Leslie County surface mine and the other at an underground mine in Harlan County, and four deaths at metal/nonmetal mines, according to a ...