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T he story of coal in western Kentucky is an old one that shaped a region and supported its people for decades.   Coal rose and fell on...

L YON COUNTY, Ky. — Down an old dirt road that skirts around the backwaters of a bay in dense woods near Lake Barkley, Demumbers Creek...

I n 2013 for the first time in over 50 years West Kentucky coal mines produced more than their eastern counterparts. Coal companies...