Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That's what searchers in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Investigation reveals dozens of dangerous abandoned mines in Western Pennsylvania Elizabeth Pollard died in December after falling into a sinkhole at an abandoned mine in Unity Township, Westmoreland ...

OFFICIALS WANT YOU TO HEAR IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS TRAGEDY. PENNSYLVANIA’S DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SAYS ONE THIRD OF AMERICA’S ABANDONED MINE LANDS ARE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA. I’M ...

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $19,640,380 for the environmental restoration of eight abandoned mine lands (AML) projects as part of the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in ...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) -- Six puppies were rescued from an abandoned mine by a local animal rescue in Westmoreland County. Fisher's Furry Friends founder Sharyn Fisher said she drove six hours last ...

Three days after a Pennsylvania woman searching for her cat disappeared at the chasm of a three-story deep sinkhole, the digging crews were back at it Thursday, hoping for a miracle but expecting to ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — The body of Elizabeth Pollard, the missing 64-year-old woman who fell through a sinkhole while looking for her cat in Unity Township, Pennsylvania, has been found, ...

FAIRCHANCE, Pa. — A fire in an abandoned mine in Fairchance, Fayette County has been extinguished, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said crews should be finished with their ...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — PennDOT announced Friday afternoon that damage from an abandoned mine has closed one section of a Cambria County roadway. Officials say Route 4027 (Main Street) in the town ...