Michael J. Gallagher was born in Scranton in 1898. He was born into an Irish family of coal miners and was destined to follow in their footsteps. From father to son, the skills and the grit were ...

One thing I learned about the coal miners, that's what they want to do ... Do you work in the coal industry? The Irish Star wants to hear from you! If you have a story, email yelena.mandenberg@ ...

A 2020 story in Irish American Magazine appears to corroborate ... all praying that he was,” Biden told a crowd of Virginia coal miners.

After more than a year in development, the Coal Mining Exhibit is set to open to the public at the Grove City Area Historical ...

Eckley Miners’ Village will mark the 35th anniversary of its signature event, Patchtown Days, on Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15. The festival showcases the vibrant Coalcracker culture of ...

“Reclamation: From Coal Dust to Hope,” follows the publication of his first book, “Almost Touching: Shades of a Coal Town Childhood,” in 2016. All 300 copies have been sold.

President Donald Trump hosted a group of coal miners for a signing ceremony at the White House, where he extolled “clean, beautiful coal.” On Tuesday, the president signed executive orders ...

With the support of a burdensome oxygen machine, Robinson joined a handful of other retired Central Appalachian miners to sit down with ABC News' Jay O'Brien in the heart of coal country.

MADISON, W.Va. — Emory “Curly” Carter sometimes feels like he can’t breathe. Household chores, such as cleaning and gardening, leave him gasping for air, making him feel like he has a ...

At the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),the division of the Health and Human Services Department that providesfree black lung screenings for coal miners, Trump ...

SAM PETSONK: When I was a child, I'd look up and I'd see coal miners, seeming larger than life, you know, doubled over, coughing, scarcely able to walk, work or breathe. NOGUCHI: Today ...

"When I was a child, I'd look up and I'd see coal miners — seemingly larger than life, doubled over coughing, scarcely able to walk, work or breathe," Petsonk says, "I've seen it my whole life.