I can’t say that I anticipated just the wholesale closure of every mine safety office in eastern Kentucky,” he said. Locations include ...

The USDA’s decision to cut $1 billion worth of food aid is causing layoffs, supply shortfalls, and the end of donations at ...

NPR's Leila Fadel and Steve Inskeep speak about his upcoming reporting trip to China and why it is important now.

INSKEEP: Because of the trade war ... The coal bureau? INSKEEP: Yeah, old economy, all in this coal mining region that I've visited in past years, and that reminds me of industrial Appalachia.

During World War I, most European nations had suspended ... Powder River Basin prices edged up 2%, Central Appalachian coal gained 2.3%, and Illinois Basin prices remained flat.

Cleveland is home to several historically Black churches that were central to the Civil Rights ... a free Black community called Liberia in the Appalachian Mountain region of South Carolina.

Researchers say that sources such as coal waste, fly ash from power plants and slag ... Evolve CAPP focused on Central Appalachia — parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky — while ...