Fayette County Based News Today

Some miner advocacy groups have criticized the federal Mine Safety and Health Administrations new rule aimed at reducing miner exposure to toxic silica dust as too weak. They say the rule relies too much on good-faith involvement from coal mine operators with a history of sampling violations.

Federal mine regulators didn’t complete more than 1,500 mandatory mine safety and health inspections over a three-year period, according to a new audit report, a finding that has significant implications

A labor lawyer by trade, Chris Williamson knows how unique a federal regulation designed to protect coal miners suffering from black lung disease is.

Miner allies find the numbers breathtaking.

Gary Hairston loses his breath, not his voice.

GO Laurel Highlands will host a workshop to review the 2024 Fayette County Tourism Grant Program at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Penn State Fayette in the Corporate

A Fayette County-based citizens group is planning to present a petition Monday to state officials asking that environmental regulators reject the request for a permit renewal at a Donegal Township mine. The proposal would extend the mine underneath the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The Mountain Watershed Association in Champion plans to hold

Workers from a two-decade-long fraud scheme receive sentencing.

Workers from a two-decade-long fraud scheme receive sentencing.

Workers from a two-decade-long fraud scheme receive sentencing.