A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.

A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: ...

Part 1. How the fall of the coal industry changed politics in eastern Kentucky: The decline of coal jobs caused economic collapse in eastern Kentucky. In the 1970s, Pike County was one of the ...

A Boone County coal mine had a long history of safety and environmental violations leading up to a miner death there last ...

GREENSBURG, Pa. — A non-profit animal rescue in Westmoreland County made a six-hour drive to save six puppies who were found abandoned in a coal mine shaft in West Virginia. Sharyn Fisher ...

The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission announced that Eckley Miners’ Village, a landmark patch town preserving the legacy of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite mining industry, will undergo a ...

Erie County is once again getting road salt from an Ontario mine in the face of shortages from its American Rock Salt ...

Export officials are excited about creation of a historical area showcasing the borough’s mining history. A $139,000 state ...

Jim Coleman grew up on his family farm in Lexington, but he’s worried that the future of small, family-owned farms is at risk. “At the rate it’s going, within the next ten years there will be no ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds SSE at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 40 °F (4.4 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 65 °F (18.3 °C). Winds from SSE to S at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph ...

LEHIGHTON, Pa. -- A problem bar in Carbon County has been condemned, according to police. After an inspection of The Pleasure Lounge in Lehighton in late January by Barry Isett & Associates ...