Jan 20 Economy Grocers In Rural Coal Country Struggle To Stay In Business With the closing of the IGA, folks in Inez must travel to another store in Warfield, 10 miles away over treacherous mountain roads. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Jan 20 Economy Grocers In Rural Coal Country Struggle To Stay In Business Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jan 14 Environment More Unpaid Appalachian Miners Stage A Coal Train Blockade Another group of coal miners in eastern Kentucky is blocking a trainload of coal to protest their lack of pay. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Jan 14 Environment More Unpaid Appalachian Miners Stage A Coal Train Blockade Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jan 10 Health Rural Americans Increasingly Concerned About Opioid Addiction, Study Finds An open-ended survey of 2700 rural adults found that 25 percent of rural Americans said drug addiction was their biggest concern. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Jan 10 Health Rural Americans Increasingly Concerned About Opioid Addiction Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 18 Environment Conservation Groups Concerned About Cleanup Costs For Bankrupt Blackjewel Coal Environmental groups sparred with coal company Blackjewel Tuesday over damage left behind in the coal company’s ongoing bankruptcy. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 18 Environment Groups Concerned About Cleanup Costs For Blackjewel Coal Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 11 Environment Watchdog Group Calls Decreased Tax On Coal A ‘Blatant Subsidy’ For The Coal Industry The analysis reflects a growing concern about the fiscal health of a federal fund that supports tens of thousands of disabled coal miners. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 11 Environment Group Calls Decreased Coal Tax 'Blatant Subsidy' For The Industry Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 10 Environment Study Shows Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust That Causes Black Lung The research is the first to specifically analyze long-term data on exposure to toxic silica dust for workers at surface mines. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 10 Environment Study: Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust, Too Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 9 Health Mountain Air: Youth Help Identify Causes Of Ohio Valley’s High Lung Disease Rates Young people in eastern Kentucky set out with digital cameras to document contributors to lung disease in their communities. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 9 Health Youth Help Identify Causes Of Ohio Valley’s High Lung Disease Rates Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 25 Environment Rural Water Loss Investigation Reveals Widespread Financial Challenges Kentucky’s Public Service Commission has released results of an investigation into high rates of water loss in certain rural water districts. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 25 Environment Rural Water Loss Investigation Reveals Widespread Financial Challenges Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 25 Health MSHA Comment Period Shows Divide On Measures To Protect Miners Health Comments included a striking testimony from a coal miner sharing details of the ways in which mine operators cheat on dust monitoring. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 25 Health Comment Period Shows Divide On Measures To Protect Miners Health Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 20 Economy Black Lung Trust Fund Likely Burdened by Murray Bankruptcy Murray Energy's bankruptcy is likely to increase the debt of a struggling trust fund that supports disabled miners’ health care expenses. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 20 Economy Black Lung Trust Fund Likely Burdened by Murray Bankruptcy Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 24 Economy Blackjewel Miners Get More Of Their Pay As Labor Dept. Acts Against Bankrupt Company Coal miners who staged a railroad protest over lost pay will finally get checks from mining company Blackjewel, months after its bankruptcy. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 24 Economy Blackjewel Miners Get More Of Their Pay As Labor Dept. Acts Against Bankrupt Company Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 16 Health Federal Agency To Hear Comment On Silica Dust As Black Lung Epidemic Rages MSHA is considering regulating respirable silica, one of the major contributors to Appalachia’s skyrocketing rates of black lung disease. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 16 Health Agency To Hear Comment On Silica Dust As Black Lung Epidemic Rages Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 14 Environment New Kentucky Memorial Honors Miners Who Died Of Black Lung This is believed to be the first memorial to remember the thousands of men and women who have died from black lung. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 14 Environment New Kentucky Memorial Honors Miners Who Died Of Black Lung Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 3 Economy Blackjewel Miners Likely to Receive Pay In Department Of Labor Deal The DOL and a company associated with Blackjewel will put nearly $5.75 million toward coal miners left unpaid in the company’s bankruptcy. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 3 Economy Blackjewel Miners Likely to Receive Pay In Department Of Labor Deal Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Sep 30 Environment Water Is Unaffordable For Nearly Half Of Martin County, Ky. Residents, Report Finds The county in eastern Kentucky is one of the poorest in the state, but it boasts the state's eighth highest average water bill. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Sep 30 Environment Report: Water Is Unaffordable For Nearly Half Of Martin County Residents Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource