GIRARDVILLE, Pa. – Like coal buried beneath the ground, it can be difficult to find. Girardville measures a mere square mile.

Second of two parts (Read Part One here) Not every dying town can be saved. Girardville, a shell of itself in Schuylkill County coal country, could go either way. Will something new rise from the coal ...

Climate change is not just changing our atmosphere, it is changing the fabric of many rural towns nationwide. As the United States has moved to renewable sources of energy, it has strained the coal ...

First of two parts: Girardville, a tiny, past-its-prime coal town hidden in the Schuylkill County mountains, could be worth more dead than alive. Locals say a thick stretch of the Mammoth coal vein ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HAYDEN, Colo. — For decades, Dallas Robinson’s family excavation company developed coal mines and power plants in the rugged, ...