Many families in Pennsylvania have a similar story: a father, grandfather or great-grandfather who worked in the coal mines.

Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners. Federal cuts risk putting a solution ...

About a fifth of the coal miners in Central Appalachia have black lung. And from 1970 to 2016, more than 75,000 died.

The Grove City Area Historical Society opened its second new exhibit this year as part of its speaker series June 3.

Gov. Josh Shapiro announced that Amazon Web Services is investing at least $20 billion to build two artificial intelligence ...

The Industrial Archives & Library expands with a 62-acre donation in Bethlehem, preserving Bethlehem Steel and U.S.

Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass announces the winners of the 17th Annual Pennsylvania Heritage Songwriting Contest (PHSC).

The grid operators that draw power from the plants said they never asked for them to remain open, and consumers may have to ...

Retired coal miner Stanley ... and the federal government.“History has shown us time and time again that doing so is a recipe for disaster, especially in the mining industry,” he said.

Officials in Pennsylvania ... s history. Homer City Redevelopment (HCR) and Kiewit Power Constructors on April 2 said the former Homer City Generating Station, which was the largest coal-fired ...

“Mining in ... on the Anthracite Coal Mine Act No. 346. The test — expected to be completed within two and a half hours — presents 100 total questions, with 50 on Pennsylvania anthracite ...

you’ll see so much history about when it was a thriving town. Then you’ll see about the convicts and forced convict labor,” said Isbel. The Tennessee Coal Mining Company replaced local ...