Popularized in 1955 by country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford, “Sixteen Tons” offers a glimpse into the stark realities of a coal miner working in the mines of Rosewood, Kentucky. Ford’s version reached ...

Austin City Limits presents highlights from the 24th Annual Americana Honors, recorded at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium. All-star performers include John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris & Daniel Lanois, ...

Isaac Donald Everly, known simply as Don Everly, was an iconic American musician whose life and career were deeply ...

Phillip Everly, born on January 19, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois, was a renowned American musician best known as one half of the influential rock and country duo, The Everly Brothers. Alongside his ...

Utility advocates take aim at a pair of GOP-backed laws in 2023 and 2024 that put a thumb on the scales in favor of coal.

A photo of a coal miner at a Kentucky elementary school’s homecoming went viral, capturing the hearts of many with its ...

A new study evaluating Kentucky’s electricity needs shows that new state laws are hindering a transition to a cheaper, ...

HOLMES MILL, Ky. — An explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine killed five miners Saturday, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said. A sixth miner was able to walk away from the blast and out of the mine on his ...

After Oakland, Calif., reneged on a contract allowing coal shipments, a Kentucky company went under. Courts say the city may have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. By Soumya Karlamangla ...

Kentucky Power is reprising its application for state approval of long-term investment in a 54-year-old West Virginia coal-fired power plant that could add to growing concern over increasingly high ...