The April 10 call focused on federal cuts and policy changes negatively impacting Appalachian coal miners specifically. “While everyone agrees that the federal government could use some ...

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 ...

After 100 days, Trump's vow to boost coal belies cuts to miner health programs ... Robinson joined a handful of other retired Central Appalachian miners to sit down with ABC News' Jay O'Brien ...

I was born in 1946 and raised in a Black coal mining family at the foot of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak, in Harlan County. From its summit ... people from the Appalachian region ...