A group of coal miners got initial court approval for a deal ending their class action claims that their employers violated ...

The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades plans to process the fossil fuel to extract hard ...

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell told his colleagues behind closed doors this week that "failure is not an option" when it comes to passing their bill to deeply cut health, nutrition ...

KY Sen. Mitch McConnell, I doubt coal miners will 'just get over' proposed Medicaid cuts that could close the hospitals they ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell told his colleagues behind closed doors this week that “failure is not an option” when it comes ...

Bill Estep is retiring from the Lexington Herald-Leader after 40 years of covering Kentucky's most important stories from across the state.

CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Protesting Kentucky coal miners sweated through a fourth day on top of a railroad track as they continued blocking a coal train from leaving a Harlan County mine. Recently laid ...

HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. — Crews have recovered the body of a Kentucky coal miner missing after a roof collapsed deep underground, officials said.

HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. — Officials confirmed late Monday evening that search crews had recovered the body of James Brown after a roof collapse in a Harlan County, Kentucky mine. All mine operations ...

Blackjewel, the coal company that declared bankruptcy and left miners unpaid, sparking a protest in Harlan County, has agreed to pay $5.1 million to cover back wages of its Kentucky, Virginia and ...

HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Harlan County is synonymous with coal mining, an industry that built town, but also caused heartbreak. The Blackjewel bankruptcy was just the latest company in ...

The Harlan County coal miners who drew national attention during a two-month blockade of a coal train to demand back wages from bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel ended their protest Thursday.