Jim Gooch Jr., who represents a coal region in western Kentucky. Gooch comes from a coal mining family and previously worked in mines himself. He said the bill is a recognition of the realities ...

A coal company once headed by the governor of West Virginia has failed to fully reclaim a surface mine visible from the highest peak in Kentucky, leaving a large scar in view of a planned tourist ...

The Wyoming Mining Association (WMA ... of 21.6% in Eastern Kentucky and 5.7% in Western Kentucky, creating uncertainty over ...

It plans to meet that demand by continuing to replace coal-fired power with natural ... Louisville and parts of Eastern and Western Kentucky.

(AP) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a third contempt order against a Kentucky coal company for failing to submit adequate plans to clean up two polluted West Virginia mine sites.

a corporation which is gradually gaining possession of mines all along the Illinois Central Railroad in Kentucky. The Dupont heirs are behind the Central Coal and Iron Company, and it has almost ...

It plans to meet that demand by continuing to replace coal-fired power with natural ... Louisville and parts of Eastern and Western Kentucky.

Kentucky Coal Firm Held in Contempt Again Over West Virginia Mine Pollution HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a third contempt order against a Kentucky coal company for ...