First of two parts: Girardville, a tiny, past-its-prime coal town hidden in the Schuylkill County mountains, could be worth ...

A former high-level executive with the Corsa Coal mining company is facing decades in federal prison after he was recently ...

Second of two parts (Read Part One here) Not every dying town can be saved. Girardville, a shell of itself in Schuylkill County coal country, could go either way. Will something new rise from the coal ...

Girardville’s nearly 200-year history reads like a rollercoaster of ups and downs in the Schuylkill County anthracite region.

Stacey Magda of Mountain Watershed Association stands near where the portal to the Rustic Ridge #2 mine would be built near Donegal, Pa. Stacey Magda stands on the side of a country road in ...

Discover Pennsylvania’s mining heritage on this underground train ride through a historic coal mine deep beneath the surface.

Read full article: Multiple witnesses challenge key testimony in 2008 Detroit firefighter death case A messy morning is expected in Metro Detroit as snow moves in early Tuesday, making roadways ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) - At least another full day of digging will be needed to find a woman who is believed to have been swallowed by a sinkhole behind a restaurant in Westmoreland County, ...

A coal seam is visible at an abandoned mine site in Clearfield County, Pa. A bill aimed at averting another government shutdown this month would divert $500 million for states and tribal governments ...

MAHANOY CITY, Pa. (AP) — When coal was king, its castle was the breaker — an imposing fortress that crushed, washed and sized billions of tons of Pennsylvania anthracite for use in factories, ...

Pardee Resources Company (OTC: PDER) (the "Company") announced today that Greenbrier Minerals ("Greenbrier"), a coal operator on one of the Company's properties located in Logan County, West Virginia, ...

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 ...