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: ...

The prison has been controversial, with some supporting the prospect for jobs but others raising concerns including mass ...

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 ...

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