In an early scene from the Oscar-winning “Harlan County U.S.A.,” a piece of technology is shown swallowing coal miners by the dozen. One after the other, we see helmeted workers merge their prone ...

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

More than a century ago, there was a town where families of different races lived side by side. Neither housing nor schooling was segregated, and blacks and whites received the same wages for the same ...

Federal officials have rejected a mining company’s bid for 1.3 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as ...

Wellmore Energy Co., a metallurgical coal mining company, plans to lay off 72 workers in Buchanan County, according to notices sent to the state in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...