West Virginia's New River Gorge National Park is home to a unique mining town, which, while long shuttered, is still open for ...

Nonprofit envisions energy transformation in SW Virginia while proponents try to beat back data center scepticism.

The demise of the coal industry left the US’ Appalachian region in tatters, with lost jobs, spoiled water and countless kilometers of abandoned underground mines. Now entrepreneurs are eyeing the ...

In Southwest Virginia, a nonprofit group aims to revitalize the region's economy by transforming old coal mines into solar-powered data centers. This initiative seeks to counteract the economic ...

From Wrangell, Alaska, to Oatman, Arizona, you'll be surprised to see what these places looked like a century ago.

A Colorado woman who fell to her death after stumbling into a vertical mineshaft while hiking has highlighted a potential hazard that lies beneath our feet. On October 20, Jennifer Nelson, 54, slipped ...

A look at the under-the-radar Big South Fork recreation region, an Appalachian region drawing more outdoor visitors and some ...

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As the first anniversary of North Jersey's Route 80 sinkhole shutdown approaches, motorists traumatized by six months of time-consuming detours may wonder: Could it happen again? Hoping to avoid a ...

Across parts of the U.S., highways and buildings are suddenly collapsing into the ground—sometimes decades after the mining stopped. This video explores how forgotten underground mines, especially ...

Deep inside an abandoned mine in the Krusne hory (Ore Mountains) of northwest Czech Republic, Jakub Kristek's radiation meter crackles with urgency as he picks up a fist-sized rock. "Uranium ore," he ...