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

Mountaintop removal is a radical form of coal mining in which the tops of mountains are literally blasted off to access seams of coal. It takes place in the Appalachian Mountains, one of the oldest ...

On a dead-end road that climbs out of the tiny city of Jenkins, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains ... resculpt landscapes disfigured by coal mining. After lying dormant for a period ...

In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving ... each way through remote winding mountain roads. “We want the coal industry to be successful.

Appalachian coal mining has also left another imprint on the region’s mountain communities: Widespread economic hardship as the industry has declined. “The Appalachian people are ...

The Appalachian Mountains are beyond ancient ... that “king coal” — a totemic name that Sheldon gives to coal mining as a business — has had over the region is only a few hundred years ...

Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power have announced a $71.6 million fuel cost rate increase effective Sept. 1, 2025 following ...

"Coal Town, USA": Doesn't sound like the most appealing place to visit, right? What with all those miners trudging around, pickaxes over their shoulders, hard hats off-kilter, their bodies ...

But what most tourists won’t do is keep driving east out of Lexington, beyond the boutique hotels, hipster speakeasies and revered tasting rooms and deep into the Appalachian mountains.