Courtney Harstad, Educational Administrative Assistant for BNI Coal, LTD led a tour of the large surface mine, telling teachers about the mining process while they watched it all occur.

OAK GROVE —Mining for coal under homes can make land sink and settle, exactly what residents of this small community say has ...

In surface mining, coal companies use explosives and heavy equipment to move earth and rock to uncover coal seams. Federal law requires companies to reclaim surface-mined sites. That typically ...

The three sites are in Wise County, Va., which borders Harlan County. In surface mining, coal companies use explosives and heavy equipment to move earth and rock to uncover coal seams. Federal law ...

From 2001 to 2020, 120,000 hectares (296,525 acres) of forest loss was related to mining, much of it linked to surface coal mining in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee. The current ...

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 ...

Kentucky’s Republican attorney general citing concerns from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration is trying to block a revamped federal complaint system that citizens have used for decades to ...