Coal industry sheds jobs, leaving Eastern Kentucky economy in tatters
The impact of an estimated 2,000 mining layoffs this year is hitting home across the mountainous coal counties of Eastern Kentucky. The century-old coal industry in Eastern Kentucky has always been...
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A new safety standard that took effect Monday is aimed at better protecting underground miners from the types of conditions that contributed to a deadly blast at a West Virginia mine in April 2010,...
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The Show Goes On: Second EKU Center for the Arts Season to Begin In September
A view of the EKU Center for the Arts. Photo by EKU's Chris Radcliffe. Richmond, KY – On September 11, John Morris Russell, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conductor, will raise his baton to usher in the...
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