Rescuers planned to drill a fourth hole to try to find the miners, who've been trapped for 10 days in the central Utah coal mine. See photos of the rescue efforts » Before Thursday night's ...

Mining was once a booming business in Utah, but as of 2023, data showed that mining in the state had dipped to its lowest ...

Coal rich states and the U.S. Department of Interior welcomed the news of President Donald Trump’s executive order on Tuesday ...

The program's roots date back to a lethal Farmington, W.Va. mining explosion that killed 78 workers in 1968. The disaster led to passage of the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act, which in turn added ...