Kentucky House Bill 196 would let coal companies reduce the number of miners trained in basic first aid at smaller mines.
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.
Stella Morris testified before the Kentucky Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee committee on March 6, ...
An effort to lower the number of medically-trained emergency personnel required in smaller active coal mines passed a Senate ...
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 ...
December 6, 1907 - Worst coal mine disaster in US history: 362 miners are killed in an explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 coal mines in Monongah, West Virginia. December 19, 1907 - An explosion ...
Randall Atkins is hoping to land metallurgical coal on the government's list of critical minerals, a move that would bolster ...
On this day back in 1980, country icon Loretta Lynn watched her life hit Hollywood with the film 'Coal Miner's Daughter' ...
The Department of Government Efficiency has targeted seven Kentucky mine safety offices for possible closure, according to the DOGE website.
Kentucky coal miner Bud Morris' widow and son speak out against a bill that would weaken a mine safety protection enacted ...