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 ...

JD Vance takes pride in declaring himself to be a “Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart” but a trawl of genealogy records has found no evidence linking the US vice-president to Ireland. In an attempt to ...

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 ...

The Life of Rebel New York Attorney Paul O'Dwyer,” takes readers through the civil rights era, Northern Ireland.

Our region’s resting grounds include grave markers that tell remarkable stories about people whose lives impacted our area.

In the mid-19th century, Chinese immigrants built much of the developing American West. The community was often met with ...

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

The move comes after public pressure from Capito, and follows a series of ABC News reports detailing the impact the firings would have on black lung health care programs for coal miners.

Two West Virginia coal miners with black lung disease testified before a federal judge on Wednesday during a hearing on the Trump administration’s decision to effectively shutter a program that ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the reinstatement of nearly 200 fired federal workers who screen coal miners for black lung, a deadly and incurable disease caused by inhaling toxic coal dust.

On May 7, coal miners and NIOSH employees took the stand in Charleston to fight for these programs. Petsonk credits them when it comes to the decision made. “I think it was essential,” Petsonk ...