The 1976 Scotia disasters in Letcher County transformed U.S. mine rules. Fifty years later, the rescuers were honored.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two days later, a second methane explosion ripped through the mine, killing 11 ...

Virginia’s U.S. senators have expressed concern to federal mine safety regulators over their response to a Nicholas County ...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - March 9, 2026 marks 50 years since the first of two explosions rocked the Scotia mine in the Oven Fork ...

NSW Resources Regulator released its quarterly safety report for October to December 2025, noting a 16 per cent decrease in incident notifications compared with the previous quarter.

What had been the front of the house was scattered all over the street after the blast that injured a teen, one adult and two ...

The October episode sent shrapnel onto California Highway Patrol vehicles on Interstate 5 during a celebratory exercise ...

The USMC has determined that a "one-in-a-million" malfunction in an artillery shell's fuze caused it to explode over ...

The artillery live-fire demonstration caused California officials to close Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton at the last ...