At 11:15 on the morning of March 9, 1976, Virgil Coots, a foreman at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, called to the ...

Kentucky Sen. 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 and education ...

President Donald Trump and Republicans are seeking a coal revival, but the lone Democrat from coal-producing Kentucky isn’t having it. Morgan McGarvey, the lone congressional Democrat from the ...

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Coal remains essential to KY's energy portfolio. But if the communities that produce the energy can't afford it, the system is out of alignment.

HARLAN, Ky. — Kentucky coal miners bled and died to unionize. Their workplaces became war zones, and gun battles once punctuated union protests. In past decades, organizers have been beaten, stabbed ...

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 ...

Senator Mitch McConnell believes Kentuckians will "get over" Medicaid cuts despite potential negative impacts. Proposed cuts could lead to the closure of 35 rural Kentucky hospitals, including five ...