Fifty Years Of Night:Coal jobs gone, perhaps for good
1 day ago
However, the chief force behind the coal industry's precipitous slide in Eastern Kentucky was very cheap natural gas, which enticed utilities to switch from coal to gas, analysts said.
Ky. medical helicopter crash kills 3 crewmembers
11 days ago
A medical helicopter crashed in eastern Kentucky, killing all three crewmembers aboard.
Dad's battle for life changed Packers' rookie receiver
40 days ago
Johnson had redirected west after a messy exit at Eastern Kentucky his freshman year.
Decline in coal takes toll on American workers
120 days ago
Eastern Kentucky coal country is filled with people competing for nonexistent jobs, tied to the area by family and unable to sell their homes even if they want to leave.
Kentucky suffers as coal use rises everywhere but in U.S.
123 days ago
Eastern Kentucky coal country is filled with people competing for nonexistent jobs, tied to the area by family and unable to sell their homes even if they want to leave.
Ky. pastor wants snakes confiscated in Tenn.
125 days ago
An eastern Kentucky pastor wants Tennessee wildlife officials to return five venomous snakes confiscated in Knoxville.
Drug enforcement groups criticize hemp efforts
140 days ago
"All the rhetoric you're hearing from the small group of proponents seeking to reintroduce hemp cultivation is based on desired outcomes, not reality," said Dan Smoot, vice president of Operation...
2 killed, 1 injured in Ky. college shooting
154 days ago
Authorities say two people were shot and killed and a teen wounded in the parking lot of an eastern Kentucky community college.
Kentucky sheriff says he won't enforce new gun laws he considers unconstitutional
155 days ago
An Eastern Kentucky sheriff said Saturday that he will not enforce any new gun control laws that he considers unconstitutional.
Coroner: 5 dead in overnight fire in eastern Ky.
160 days ago
Pike County Emergency Management Coordinator Doug Tackett said the fire happened in a rural area of Pike County, about three hours southeast of Lexington in the eastern coal field area of the state.