House Bill 196 will reduce from two to one the number of mine emergency technicians on duty at small coal mines.

With the exception of George McGovern, Harlan supported every Democratic presidential candidate between 1960 and 2000, even rallying behind Walter Mondale over Ronald Reagan. Coal miners were ...

HARLAN CO., Ky. (WYMT) - A historic monument in downtown Harlan was hit by a car early Thursday morning. Officials with ...

I can’t say that I anticipated just the wholesale closure of every mine safety office in eastern Kentucky,” he said. Locations include ...

Minutes after a widow emotionally testified about losing her 29-year-old husband in a deadly 2005 coal mine accident in Harlan County because the first aid available in the mine was inadequate to ...

Despite the coal industry's decline in recent decades ... rolling back standards set years ago in response to the death of a miner in Harlan County. In addition to uncertainty around mine safety ...