A mining company with operations in Eastern Kentucky is laying off its workers after a temporary furlough due to unforeseen circumstances.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David "Bud" Morris celebrates his son Landen's first Christmas in 2005. Five days later, Bud died after a mine owner, the only ...

Longtime Louisville & Nashville Railroad employee Charles Castner died last month at the age of 97. He co-wrote a book in ...

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 ...

Stephen C. Cawood, a Pineville lawyer who died at 82, was a lifelong advocate for Kentucky's Appalachian region. Cawood represented people victimized by the coal industry and helped draft key state ...