Jul 10 Economy Laid-Off Employees Of Bankrupt Blackjewel Mining Seek Pay, Answers Patrick Fitchpatrick has worked at Blackjewel’s D-11 coal mine in Cumberland, Kentucky, for more than a year. He said he enjoyed the work right up until he was told not to come in last Monday. “Everything was smooth sailing and then one day it just all goes to hell,” he said. The country’s sixth-largest coal […] By Brittany Patterson and Sydney Boles Jul 10 Economy Laid-Off Employees Of Bankrupt Blackjewel Mining Seek Pay, Answers Brittany Patterson and Sydney Boles
Apr 15 Economy Kentucky Aluminum Plant Investor Is Russian Company Formerly Under U.S. Sanctions Russian aluminum company Rusal announced Monday it plans to invest in a new Kentucky aluminum mill to be built near Ashland in eastern Kentucky. The $200 million investment in Braidy Industries is Rusal’s first U.S. project since the Trump administration lifted U.S. sanctions placed against the company. Rusal had been sanctioned by the U.S. government […] By Sydney Boles Apr 15 Economy Kentucky Aluminum Plant Investor Is Russian Company Formerly Under U.S. Sanctions Sydney Boles
Jan 5 Health Restricted Right: Ohio Valley Women Face Abortion Barriers A small gaggle of reporters points their microphones at reproductive rights activist Marcie Crim as she bluntly decries the shrinking access to abortion in the region. Crim stands just a few feet from the open door of the office of Governor Matt Bevin near the Capitol rotunda. Crim and Bevin may be physically close in […] By Mary Meehan Jan 5 Health Restricted Right: Ohio Valley Women Face Abortion Barriers Mary Meehan