The Appalachians Harbor More Salamander Species Than Anywhere Else on Earth Appalachia is a global biodiversity hotspot for ...

And, yea, in the mountains and down through all the valleys of the ancient land of Appalachia, hearts were filled with joy, for here was a prophet of hope who was signaling that a change was coming — ...

SECO, Ky. — Mines built this company town. Jack and Sandra Looney hope vines — the wine grapes growing on a former strip mine in the hills above — will help to draw visitors here. Their Highland ...

The retirement of United Mine Workers of America’s longtime president is a reminder that labor and religion have always been ...

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black ...

Coal miners, their family members, and union representatives rallied outside of the US Department of Labor’s headquarters in ...

HAZARD, Ky. -- For Lyle Snider, the view from Kentucky 80 is breathtaking, but not in a good way. Parked on the side of the four-lane highway, the New Hampshire native watches a mountain disappear bit ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal appeals court Friday overturned a ruling requiring more extensive environmental reviews of mountaintop removal, a form of coal mining in Appalachia that blasts away ...

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he’ll help bring back Appalachian ...