Heisman Trophy finalist and two-way Colorado star Travis Hunter was named The Associated Press Big 12 defensive player of the ...

Where Do Sinkholes Cause the Most Damage? According to the Geological Survey of Alabama, the state is one of the most ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump said in a new interview that he will use the opening hours of his presidency to pardon people convicted of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault, begin ...

TREECE - With a shining past and a troubled present, just about everyone agrees this town has no future. A century of mining that built this southeast Kansas town and brought decades of prosperity is ...

Pollard disappeared while looking for her cat on Monday evening, and authorities found her car close to what is thought to be a newly opened sinkhole above a long abandoned coal mine a few hours ...

While there are obvious safety risks associated with these old mines, experts are also sounding the alarm on environmental ...

The legislation creates a pilot program under the Environmental Protection Agency that allows nonprofits, governments or ...

Conservation groups are cheering the passage of new federal legislation that aims to help local officials and environmental ...

Colorado Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet are original co-sponsors of the Senate bill, while Colorado Reps.

In recent years, Penn State has helped lead technological innovations in addressing the safety of abandoned mines, the professor said. Researchers helped government officials complete digital and ...

Since Tuesday, had been digging, shoring up and searching the abandoned coal mine that was below the sinkhole. The massive effort took about 80 hours and involved more than two dozen fire ...

Besides the safety hazards, millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flows daily from contaminated mine sites without being treated. Pennsylvania's abandoned ...