Coal mining is indelibly woven into the fabric of daily life in the mountains of southeast Kentucky, but a decline in the ...

Keeping us warm In the early decades of the twentieth century, Midland Lumber and Coal at 112 - 114 5th Street SW supplied local residents with material needed to build homes and businesses, and with ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Pieces of history on the move to Scranton's McDade Park. These artifacts all came from what's left of the Moffat Coal Breaker, an important part of Lackawanna County's coal ...

The "Ashland in Autumn" event delighted visitors with mine tours, steam train rides, and live polka music in Schuylkill ...

Jan. 5, 2006— -- Out of one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the world have come generations of powerful stories, almost all hinging on life and death and the suspense of waiting. "You ...

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

Tennessee, never under Reconstructive military occupation, first began leasing prisoners in 1866 during Governor William G.

May 7—When it comes to the coal region, Andrew Salamak believes that one aspect of its history has been unfairly overlooked. Salamak, who worships at St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church in ...

College sports programs often recognize the history and culture of their area with commemorative jerseys and gear.

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution ...

The collapse of an 11-story coal mining plant in Martin County left two workers trapped under the rubble as crews worked to free them Wednesday. One of the workers has since been confirmed dead. But ...