Residents in the small town of Scofield are pushing back against a proposed coal mine that many feel would upend the quiet, rural community's way of life.

A motorcyclist died Tuesday afternoon after crashing along a curve in Kansas City. Officers were called around 4:45 p.m. to the area of East Coal Mine Road and Winchester Avenue for a crash involving ...

Why the Colorado Democratic Party’s Caucus & County Assembly matters Dear Editor: As a county Democrat officer in Rio Blanco ...

Every weathered board, every Victorian storefront, every creaky wooden sidewalk tells a real story of silver miners, mountain passes, and the kind of people who looked at a remote alpine valley and ...

Conservationists have pushed back against a plan to expand a coal mine in Australia, citing fears it will destroy animal habitats and contribute to the climate crisis. According to The Guardian, the ...

Serhii Korovayny has many warm memories of the Donbas, the region in eastern Ukraine where he spent his childhood. The photographer remembers picnics and soccer and learning how to swim in the Sea of ...

BARENTSBURG, Norway—This coal mining town about 800 miles from the North Pole is part of Norway, a founding member of NATO. And yet, the salaries here are paid in rubles, TVs broadcast Russian ...

Girardville’s nearly 200-year history reads like a rollercoaster of ups and downs in the Schuylkill County anthracite region.

The mass shooting in the remote British Columbia mining town has shocked and saddened the nation. By Ian Austen Just over 40 years ago, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, was created as a vision of ...

A group of Blair County volunteers is asking for help to restore Glen White, an abandoned coal mining town near the Horseshoe Curve, and turn it into a historical attraction. Kevin Stiver is leading ...

Residents of the coal town of Windber, Pennsylvania, defied the 18th Amendment during Prohibition. Local businesses, like the Leister Hotel and Windber Brewing Co., secretly operated as speakeasies or ...

The United States is home to more than 4,500 ghost towns, settlements that were once thriving but are now abandoned due to economic decline, the closure of mines, changes in transportation routes, or ...