Carla Antonella Rodríguez recounts how she became the first woman from her hometown, Río Turbio in southern Argentina, to ...

By the age of 10, Leesburg’s Jim Clark could identify every bird in the forest by its sight and sound. The pictures he took ...

In recognition of National Historic Preservation Month, local historian Cindy Reinhardt tells the stories behind some of Edwardsville’s historic buildings in a series of eight articles in the Month of ...

A legend of the Pittsburgh art scene, Mosley has seen a meteoric rise that has brought his art far beyond Pennsylvania.

In 1924, coal mining in America was at its peak, employing over 860,000 miners. Today, employment numbers are slightly over 40,000. Want more proof that the industry is on the decline? Just take a ...

said the Nay Aug Park-based mine will show guests what kind of working conditions coal miners toiled in on Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “We’ll have the old oil-wick lights and ...

More recently, millions in federal funds have gone to turning old, toxic mines into ... the school district closed two elementary schools. So when Mr. Stacy, the former coal magnate, and his ...

The fate of a massive coal mine expansion on the doorsteps of Jasper National Park is now in the hands of Alberta's energy regulator. The company submitted a formal application in April.

The tradition of coal mining is crucial to the economy and people of Appalachia, but hundreds of miles of mining land have shut down over the years. That’s why one project is giving a former Mingo ...

BEIJING (AP) — Water rushed into a coal mine in northwestern China’s Gansu province, leaving three workers dead, official state news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday. There were 133 people ...