Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-123) visited the site of an ongoing abandoned mine land reclamation project near Branchdale on Friday. The project, spearheaded by ...

New Mexico's Environment Department plans to finish cleaning up at least one abandoned uranium mine by next summer, and has begun site evaluations at 15 uranium mine and mill sites in the northwest ...

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (WJHL) — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and Congressman Morgan Griffith announced Tuesday that two abandoned mine land sites in Southwest Virginia will be revitalized for job ...

It doesn’t take much for a century-old mine shaft to cave in around you. Or for the mercury, lead or arsenic leftovers to leech into the Silver State’s already strained groundwater supply. That’s why, ...

A program to reclaim and restore land contaminated by abandoned mines in Iowa has halted work due to funding uncertainty from the federal government. The Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation program began ...

Open-pit mines around the world have enough room for solar panels to generate more than 4,700 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity per year, according to a new study. The findings represent the first ...

An abandoned cinnabar ore mine for mercury in Texas. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has issued an order to unlock federal dollars to recover above-ground critical minerals from functioning and ...

Reed Johnson at his property in Clearfield County. Abandoned mine waste pollutes the nearby Little Anderson Creek. On a sunny afternoon in late February, Reed Johnson trudges through the slushy snow ...

Dr. Ashley McGuire of HMG Primary Care at Abingdon shares some important information about staying healthy and well through the holiday season. She also shares some tips on how to handle the extra ...