They have a saying in eastern Kentucky-- "Wait 'till the bushes grow green." It is a password, an admonition, and a desperate expression of hope among coal miners fighting for a lost propsperity.

In a letter to the Club, Eugene Gordon, secretary, describes the conditions prevalent in the Kentucky coal fields. "They are striking against a wage of 20 cents a ton for mining coal which sells ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ky. (WCHS) — Emergency personnel in Lawrence County, Kentucky, said a coal spill has impacted travel along U.S. 23. Dispatchers said about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, a cargo truck lost ...

Over several days in late July 2022, complexes of “training” thunderstorms — meaning they came one after another like train cars — rolled through Eastern Kentucky, pouring out a ...

A Kentucky electric cooperative plans to build new natural gas-fired units, and convert some of its coal-fired units to burn natural gas, as part of an expansion of its power generation fleet.

COAL GROVE The late great Jerry Fields was definitely a force to be reckoned with. He was the quarterback for Coal Grove ...

Briley’s cousin was a prominent Quarter Horse trainer, but his own father worked in the oil fields ... Briley entered Coal Battle in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile Stakes, but drew the ...