This eerie town sits above a coal mine fire that has been continuously burning for well over half a century and has been ...

Two people have been charged with burglary after a community member reported possible trespassing at the former Peabody Coal ...

Washington state needs lithium to meet the demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy. But mines add to a legacy of ...

RESIDENTS of Batu Arang, Selangor, are unhappy with the results of a hearing session on Thursday (March 27) on the proposed ...

Alton's Who's New Club held a spring fashion show featuring children's clothing from Lytton's Department Store.

Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. Timeline December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in ...

Centralia has become a ghost town. Since 1962, it has been the victim of an astonishing phenomenon, trapped by an underground ...

March 25, 1975 Altoona purchased the two-story office building directly across the alley from City Hall to move the solicitor’s and planning offices into it. It was purchased from attorney Leo Mullen ...

Advertisement In 1947, a coal dust explosion inside the Centralia Coal Co. Mine No. 5 in Washington County, Illinois, killed 111 miners; 31 survived. In 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led ...