Over the past few years, local author J.A. Stein has published novels set in medieval times and contemporary Schuylkill ...
Climate change is not just changing our atmosphere, it is changing the fabric of many rural towns nationwide. As the United States has moved to renewable sources of energy, it has strained the coal ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HAYDEN, Colo. — For decades, Dallas Robinson’s family excavation company developed coal mines and power plants in the rugged, ...
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 ...
BECKLEY — A holiday tradition will return to Beckley with discounted skating, decorated mine tours and family activities spread across November and early December. Coal Town Christmas will return to ...
CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with ...