A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.

Brandon Pennington is tourism director for the city of Harlan and chair of the Kentucky Travel Industry Association. It’s his ...

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the ...

The Harlan native and Topeka High School graduate rose to national distinction by transforming weather forecasting and leading the United States Weather Bureau for 25 years. Francis Wylton ...

HAMILTON TWP., Pa.- Monroe County will soon be out of the nursing home business. The county is hoping to finalize the sale of Pleasant Valley Manor within the next week or so, John Christy ...

Police are investigating after racist fliers purportedly issued by the Ku Klux Klan that directed immigrants to “leave now” and “avoid deportation” were found in several Kentucky cities on ...

It’s a move critics say means the province has declared open season on renewed coal mining. In a letter to the Alberta Energy Regulator posted to its website Monday, Energy Minister Brian Jean ...

Editor’s note: Details of the story may be disturbing to some readers. HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — A husband has been flown to UK Hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds and a wife is dead after ...

(WVLT) - Kentucky State Police is investigating after an 8-year-old was injured in an “accidental shooting” early Sunday morning. According to KSP, troopers responded to a home off of Highway 221 in ...

HARLAN CO., Ky. (WVLT) - A dispute led to a deadly shooting off of Highway 421 in Harlan County, Kentucky Sunday morning. According to Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs, troopers responded to ...

BLEDSOE, Ky. (WATE) — An 8-year-old child was shot off Highway 221 in Harlan County early Sunday, Kentucky State Police reported. The shooting occurred Sunday at 1 a.m. in the Bledsoe community.

HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (WATE) — A father and son are dead after a “domestic dispute” in Harlan County Saturday, Kentucky State Police said. KSP responded to a call reporting the shooting at 1 p ...