Three days after a Pennsylvania woman searching for her cat disappeared at the chasm of a three-story deep sinkhole, the digging crews were back at it Thursday, hoping for a miracle but expecting to ...

A huge pile of waste coal is being remined in Shamokin, Pa., and sent to area power plants. Pennsylvania is getting another $29 million in federal funding to clean up abandoned mines, as part of the ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — As rescue efforts have turned to recovery amid the search for a missing woman who fell through a sinkhole in Unity Township, search teams fear the abandoned mine property ...

Justin Vellucci Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. | Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid-1700s, ...

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Hundreds of coal mine workers in Somerset County could soon be out of work. The Corsa Coal Company submitted a layoff notice to the state that impacts more than 300 ...

There's something very old and relentless beneath a quiet Pennsylvania town. It's a coal fire that's burning. And it's still not finished. What happened?

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania is stepping up its reclamation efforts with an infusion of $19.6 million directed at repairing abandoned mine lands (AMLs) that have plagued communities and ecosystems ...

A company that owns 8 acres of old Marvine colliery land seeks from the state the release of $41,379 in reclamation bonds, ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has approved the expansion of an underground coal mine in Westmoreland County. Johnstown-based LCT Energy LP operates the 2,800-acre Rustic ...