Discover three Kentucky mountain communities with scenic overlooks, underground mine tours, old-growth forests, and rich ...

If you wanted to make a movie about the pain and progress of Kentucky’s Appalachian coalfield in the last 60 years, a key role would be that of Stephen C. Cawood, the Pineville lawyer who died of ...

When the coal industry left eastern Kentucky, one thing stayed behind and quietly became the town's largest payroll. The story of a retired miner reveals what happens when a federal check becomes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It isn't lost on Brandon Crum that the coal dust never really left him or his family. A fourth-generation miner who dug coal in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service A federal judge has ruled that federal oversight of coal mining in Appalachia fell ...

There has been a resurgence of black lung disease, also known as Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP), in recent years among miners in the central Appalachian coalfields. Long considered an affliction ...

In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will officially retire from his role as president of the United Mine Workers of America. A sixth-generation coal miner, he has led the union for 30 years. Only one man ...

Stephen C. Cawood, a Pineville lawyer who died at 82, was a lifelong advocate for Kentucky's Appalachian region. Cawood represented people victimized by the coal industry and helped draft key state ...

It isn't lost on Brandon Crum that the coal dust never really left him or his family. A fourth-generation miner who dug coal in Appalachia since he was a teen, Crum, now a radiologist, sits in Eastern ...