Ohio Valley ReSource · An important mine safety rule hasn’t been updated for decades. Lawmakers are taking notice. Vonda Robinson watches her husband struggle to breathe. She says he contracted the incurable black lung disease after working in coal mines with little to no safety protocols. She’s been to pulmonologist appointments where doctors showed her The post It’s been decades since toxic dust rules for mines have improved. Lawmakers are taking notice. appeared first on Ohio Valley ReSource.

In Letcher County, Kentucky, a revived plan to build a controversial $500 million federal prison is moving forward. After revoking the initial version of the project in 2019, the federal Bureau of Prisons plans to revisit the process through drafting a new environmental impact statement. During a public meeting at Letcher County Central High School, The post A proposed prison in Letcher County, Ky. reopens old divides appeared first on Ohio Valley ReSource.