Inside Appalachia, a West Virginia man is reviving a Black coal camp through farming. Also, the legacy of Affrilachian poet ...

Residents near an underground coal mine in Donegal worry about subsidence, water issues as the mine begins an expansion ...

The U.S. Forest Service is expected to release the final review of a plan that would open sacred Apache lands to copper ...

Appalachia, a region rich in culture, history, and natural beauty, has long been overlooked and neglected, both by the media and the general public. Stretching across parts of the eastern U.S, ...

Mr. Ford has lived here in Kentucky’s Pike County all his life. Around us lay the graves of his ancestors, proud locals all.

When miners protested Trump’s move to shutter safety offices and a health program for black lung disease, his administration reversed course.

There’s a magical moment that happens when you round the bend on a mountain road in Tucker County and first lay eyes on Thomas, West Virginia – your blood pressure drops about ten points and your grip ...

Many families in Pennsylvania have a similar story: a father, grandfather or great-grandfather who worked in the coal mines.

Arlie Russell Hochschild is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of “The Second Shift,” “Strangers in Their Own Land” and, most recently, “Stolen ...

Coal power costs skyrocketed 28% since 2021, as aging plants and fuel get more expensive, forcing consumers to pay billions ...

The employee, who has also served at the Energy Department, will oversee the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and ...

The tradition of coal mining is crucial to the economy and people of Appalachia, but hundreds of miles of mining land have shut down over the years. That’s why one project is giving a former Mingo ...