When the federal government tried to fire a team protecting coal miners from Wyoming to West Virginia from black lung disease ...

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that ...

Explore the legacy of coal and its enduring influence on culture, industry, and identity of Appalachia. Life in Virginia's Appalachia is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

FOSTER, West Virginia— Robert Cash, a third-generation coal miner, prays each morning with his fellow miners before going underground for a long shift. In the coalfields of Appalachian West ...

You feel that spirit in the coal towns etched into the hills of Appalachian Kentucky. Places where people don’t need lectures on consuming energy—they produce it. That’s why Trump’s recent ...