SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The recent concern about the mine subsidence in Luzerne County has created some curiosity about our region’s coal mining history. During a private tour, 28/22 ...

Learn how coal played a vital role in shaping the Utah we know today. The coal mining industry has been the backbone of rural parts of Utah for over a century. From extraction to refining, Utahns who ...

The Vermejo Reserve spans miles of wilderness, ranchland and former coal mines west of Raton, New Mexico, and extends over ...

Jun. 22—In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a whisper of morning fog, it's not just the tale. It's the person who ...

What drives Trump’s politics is nostalgia for the age of coal, when dirty fuel and no environmental regulations created his ...

Miners, their wives, child laborers and patch town store operators all had a part in the history of coal in the Derry area. “There were so many mines in this area,” said Donna Showalter, a Derry Area ...

This Saturday, Memorial Day Weekend, at the Good Old Days Museum in Soddy Daisy, the emphasis is on local coal mining. The museum is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This is what made this entire area into ...

Tennessee, never under Reconstructive military occupation, first began leasing prisoners in 1866 during Governor William G.

By Richard J. Callahan, Jr. for The Conversation. Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for The Conversation-Public News Service Collaboration In October 2025, ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Antioch's Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about California's rich mining history. "It's not often that you get to go to a park ...

In the basement of the library at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus a few miles north of Uniontown, sits one of the largest collection of artifacts of the region’s bituminous coal and ...