It’s a hell of a daunting task,” said Tom Lindsay of Lost Radio Rounders’ new musical program — an attempt to tell the ...

A career-defining song. On this date in 1970, the late, great Loretta Lynn was at #1 on the country chart with her signature tune "Coal Miner's Daughter." It also became her first song to chart on the ...

Matt Cooper, a Colorado native and father of three who worked in the coal mining industry for decades, shifted to a much more eco-friendly career after learning the coal plant would close by the end ...

On Christmas Eve 1947, miners gathered in the early morning darkness in front of the Newkirk Mine tunnel in a compelling display of Christmas spirit. The lights on their helmets glowing through the ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --A coal miner in West Virginia has died, the latest mining fatality in the state following the flooding death of a miner last month. The unidentified miner died Thursday morning in what ...

Artisanal miners look on at others filling up a wheelbarrow of coal in a tunnel at the Golfview informal coal mine in Ermelo on September 25, 2025. [AFP] Growing up, Cyprial dreamed of being a lawyer.

Hannah Wiseman is affiliated with the Center for Progressive Reform. Along with a team of other Penn State researchers, she also received a seed grant from the Penn State Institute of Energy and the ...

Netflix's "Queen of Coal," a film about a transgender coal miner starring a transgender activist, has garnered more attention ahead of its Dec. 19 release date. The description for the film reads, "A ...

CHARLESTON — Nearly a month after coal miner Steve Lipscomb’s death in the Rolling Thunder mine in Nicholas County, miners and their families gathered alongside elected officials and coal company ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia’s coal miners were honored at the State Capitol. The West Virginia Coal Association and Greenbrier Smokeless Mining Company hosted the ceremony Wednesday.

KANAWHA COUNTY, West Virginia — Steve Lipscomb was a son, a father, a husband, a Marine, a man of faith, and a coal miner. Earlier this month, Lipscomb and his crew encountered an unknown pocket of ...