A modern spin on a Greek tragedy is the inspiration behind a Louisville theater company’s new play about the 1930s Harlan ...

Central Appalachia — and Eastern Kentucky in particular — is running out of time to turn a century of decline into a future worth staying for. Population loss is now the coalfields’ defining ...

W here was Coal Miner’s Daughter filmed? The unincorporated community of Bee, Virginia-tucked away in the southwestern corner of Virginia near the Kentucky border-is one that mo ...

Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) today announced nearly $26 million to help support education, tourism and economic development in Kentucky’s Appalachian region. The ...

The NWS office in eastern Kentucky has been credited with saving lives during the region's record-breaking floods. That lifeline is now under unprecedented strain.

Jason Naylor, a researcher at the University of Louisville, is studying climate change in Kentucky. He says that eastern Kentucky is uniquely vulnerable to climate impacts and increased flooding.

Continuing a tradition that started in 1953, the King Coal Show will bring people from the area to celebrate Southwestern Pennsylvania’s coal mining history. This is the 70th year for the annual ...

Crews from the Millers Creek and Estill County fire departments worked for over four hours when the lodge of Aldersgate Camp and Retreat Center caught fire on Sunday.

Wellmore Energy will lay off 72 coal workers across operations in Grundy, Hurley, and Big Rock, Virginia, with cuts beginning in early September.

Walk down Breckenridge Main Street on any given night and people will be coming and going from the town’s many different bars ...

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Exxaro Resources will be spending R5.2-billion on a life-of-mine expansion project at its Matla colliery and R4.7-billion on the development of the 140 MW ...

A new mural gives a sneak peek of the stories inside the Frazier History Museum. Frazier History Museum unveiled the new "Behind these walls the world meets cool Kentucky" mural Friday.