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 ...

When retired coal miner Phillip Johnson bought a small building several years ago, he had someone he knew with a bulldozer haul it to a secluded hollow in the steep mountains above where he’d grown up ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Department of Government Efficiency revealed last week the cancellation of six mine safety office leases in the state of Kentucky. Nationwide, the leases for 29 Mine Safety ...

A more than $1 billion three-county solar project on one of Eastern Kentucky's former coal mines got the stamp of approval Friday to start construction. In an Aug. 1 order, the Kentucky Public Service ...