Under the Biden Administration, federal regulators had forced the state toward stricter regulation of methane emissions.
The 1976 Scotia disasters in Letcher County transformed U.S. mine rules. Fifty years later, the rescuers were honored.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elizabeth Griffith, the pregnant widow of Scotia miner Robert Griffith, clutches the flag from his coffin. Robert Griffith was a ...
This month marks 40 years since the closure of Haig Pit, effectively marking the end of coal mining in Cumbria, and we’re ...
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two days later, a second methane explosion ripped through the mine, killing 11 ...
Elizabeth Griffith, the pregnant widow of Scotia miner Robert Griffith, clutches the flag from his coffin. Robert Griffith was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was laid to rest in Whitesburg after ...
Nine applications for coal exploration licences on greenfield sites will be extinguished under a major policy change ...
Pioneer Packing and sister business Heritage Paper follow the ebb and flow of real estate cycles, natural disasters and ...
OVEN FORK, Ky. (WYMT) - Families, survivors and mourners gathered Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Scotia Mine ...
This month marks 40 years since the closure of Haig Pit, effectively marking the end of coal mining in Cumbria, and we’re remembering what was once a thriving industry.
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Dozens of people stood stoically around the Willow Grove Mine Memorial as speakers recounted the history of the explosion and ...