OpEd: To incentivize economic growth in our declining coal towns and prevent extensive pollution, what if our mines were repurposed as geothermal sites?

The preferred site in Letcher County identified by the U.S. Bureau ... is on 500 acres of land leveled by mountaintop removal coal mining in Roxana, roughly 10 miles to the west of Whitesburg.

The federal government has granted approval of a new federal prison in Letcher County, Kentucky, per an announcement Monday.

Letcher County, $3.3 million for a solid-waste project. Mine Made Adventures Lodge & Attractions in Knott County, $1.7 million to develop a to develop a general store, a zipline ...

LETCHER COUNTY, KY (FOX 56) — A Letcher County school bus and a coal truck crashed around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, causing several injuries. Trooper Matt Gayheart with Kentucky State Police said ...

Plans for construction of a new medium-security federal prison in Letcher County have been approved ... of land leveled by mountaintop removal coal mining in Roxana, roughly 10 miles to the ...