Kentucky fell to the nation's No. 7 coal producer in 2024, according to the federal government's annual coal report. Kentucky produced 24.3 million tons last year, down 14% from 2023. Wyoming and West ...

Portal 31 mine in Lynch, Kentucky is one of few Kentucky mines that have been repurposed into an engine of economic activity. Meredith Perkins In 1948, over 75,000 Kentuckians worked in coal mines.

In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Offices that ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Nineteen Kentucky offices are now listed on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website as part of the agency’s nationwide budget cuts, although their exact ...

LG&E and KU announced plans to extend the life of a coal-fired generating unit in Jefferson County. This story has been updated with additional comments and details of the agreement. LG&E and KU are ...

David "Bud" Morris celebrates his son Landen's first Christmas in 2005. Five days later, Bud died after a mine owner, the only mine emergency technician on duty, failed to render aid after Bud was ...

Savion has signed offtake agreements with Shell and Toyota regarding the project. Image: Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency. US solar developer Savion has commissioned the Martin County Solar Project ...

HOLMES MILL, Ky. -- A team of federal and state investigators on Tuesday entered the underground coal mine in southeastern Kentucky where five miners died in an explosion several days earlier.

In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Kentucky Senate ...

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 ...

Barr, the Kentucky Republican whose office has reached out to hers, extended the offer Tuesday to the sponsor of the sweeping Green New Deal that Republicans say would put coal miners out of business.