Multiple Somerset County towns can never be separated from coal, the reason for their existence. But the people are the reason for their survival.

A sign sits along the railroad tracks where unemployed Blackjewel coal miners are manning a blockade of the rail line that leads to their old mine on August 22, 2019 in Cumberland, Kentucky.

As the coal miner enjoyed his meal, a pair of other miners talked shop over beers, while other men jawed about guns and ...

In the Mine ... coal company officials believed that it was their right to control the management of the coalmines. Miners argued that they had the right to discuss unionization and join a union.

The president has put his weight behind boosting coal, but trade associations and the nation's largest union say recent ...

Wheeling, WV — After President Trump signed an executive order to boost the coal industry, the labor union United Mine Workers of America is responding. Last week, President Trump signed ...