He believes coal mining — an occupation that’s taxing and difficult for a number of reasons — is an integral part of his mountain community.

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“It took the place of coal,” Blackburn said of the healthcare sector. A coal pile is photographed in Totz, Ky., on Sunday, April 14, 2024.

Kentucky coal burned to make electricity across the country, to heat steel smelters that helped America win world wars. But then came the Depression in the 1930s and machines that took over the work.