One, two, three ... go! Volunteer Alex Shereba, right, gives the signal for the start of old-fashioned burlap sack races on Sunday at the 18th Annual Coal Miners Heritage Festival, No. 9 Mine and ...

The 18th Annual Coal Miners’ Heritage Festival is Sunday, Aug. 31 in Lansford, Carbon County. A celebration of anthracite ...

It's a grueling and risky life for these miners, known as zama zamas, an isiZulu phrase translating loosely as "those who ...

The Ohio River Valley Institute estimates more than 400,000 people live within a mile of that abandoned mine land.WKYT’s ...

Members of this tightly-knit West Virginia community say the tragedy that has re-exposed the dangers of coal mining doesn't detract from the allure of a profession that is beloved here.

In 1899, a Freemason murdered a coal miner in Glenrock, Wyoming. That fueled a mob of 400 miners who went vigilante, marched ...

In the history of coal mining in the United States, it's estimated that more than 100,000 miners have lost their lives in accidents. More than 3,200 coal miners were killed in 1907, the worst year ...

Rehabilitation projects in Mpumalanga show that former coal mines can be revived for farming, biofuel production and ...

A study of old Alberta coal mines says regulations to keep them from polluting water systems are failing, and high levels of ...