Kentucky's ever-booming bourbon industry is making its way into the commonwealth's coal country. Brothers Wright Distilling Co. is planning to open in Pike County late next year, and ...

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 ...

A former coal miner is looking for a public space to take his private collection of mining memorabilia. Roger Monks, 86, started work at Allerton Bywater Colliery in Castleford aged 15 and retired ...

It’s just sitting there.” The mine in Pike County is one of hundreds of surface-mined coal sites across Eastern Kentucky that have not been fully reclaimed as quickly as they should have ...

They have a saying in eastern Kentucky ... request by the mine operators this Monday. But the tension continues. Every week several mines are blown up, and just recently a coal operator's ...

The attraction also includes a museum housed inside the site's original Wash Shanty. Artifacts on display include tools, household goods and more. The No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum is located in ...

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.