PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Superintendent David Trimble ... While damage was statewide, Beshear said the Eastern Kentucky coal country community was hit “really, really, really hard.” ...

With a few exceptions, most remaining coal mining in Kentucky consists of small mines, said the committee’s chairman, state Sen. Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville. Requiring these mines to have two ...

Country music artist Clay Walker is performing a concert as part of the Hillbilly Christmas In July event in Pikeville.

The world added the smallest amount of new coal capacity in two decades last year, a report said Thursday, but use of the ...