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

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 ...

Artisanal miners' is the phrase used for South Africans who salvage coal from abandoned mines. It's a grueling and risky life ...

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

Artisanal miners' is the phrase used for South Africans who salvage coal from abandoned mines. It's a grueling and risky life ...

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

WKYT’s Alexa Minton sat down with one forester, who is working to combat associated community environmental concerns one tree ...

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

I'm a 48-year-old coal miner on Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare (I have a very bad back). My wife is 49 and a public-school teacher in Kentucky and will be retiring in August 2026 ...

Officials with Saugatuck Township hosted a dedication ceremony Wednesday in honor of the township's first public art piece, ...

The state will pump almost $12 million into an abandoned mine subsidence program in North Belle Vernon beginning next week. A slurry mixture of grout will be injected under about 140 homes in the ...

A person has been taken to Greymouth Hospital in a serious condition after falling down the old Tyneside Mine on the West ...