This story was originally published by AP News. Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory ...

A mining company owned by the family of West Virginia Senator Jim Justice was in federal court Thursday. Environmental groups ...

About 150 Appalachian coal miners traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to call on legislators to address what they see as a threat to the future of the federal fund that provides benefits to miners ...

Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for ...

There has been a resurgence of black lung disease, also known as Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP), in recent years among miners in the central Appalachian coalfields. Long considered an affliction ...

This Appalachian coal miner dramatically defied the odds. Anyone thirsty for a hopeful story of unfettered profitability, even in the face of incredibly daunting challenges, may wish to take a fresh ...

Fire on the Mountain is an evocation of the lives of Appalachian coal miners in the first few decades of the twentieth century. Created for the Denver Center by Dan Wheetman and Randal Myler, who also ...

In the heart of Appalachia is a West Virginia town where the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feud took place, and it's a great place ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Last year, I moved to Kentucky—not to escape the chaos of California, but to build something better. I wanted to be somewhere people still ...