By ROGER ALFORD - Associated Press Writer
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Decades after closing the door to nuclear power, political leaders in Kentucky have begun a dialogue that could lift a legal ban on such generating plants.
Gov. Steve Beshear opened the discussion Thursday by publicly releasing a 144-page plan that calls for the state to decide [...]

FELLOWSVILLE, W.Va. — Two coal miners were burned on their face and arms Monday when gas ignited, creating a brief flash of fire at mine in northern West Virginia.
The Whitetail Kittanning Mine was shut down and two investigators were sent to the site in Preston County, said federal Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy [...]

United States - By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. heating season gets underway, the average price that homeowners paid for heating oil was $3.67 per gallon this week, the government said Wednesday.
The nationwide heating oil price is 90 cents higher than a year ago, according the federal Energy Information Administration’s weekly [...]

Associated Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - An oil refining company that left the drilling business decades ago has started again started looking for oil again in southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky.
CountryMark CEO Charles Smith said the company has partnered with Pioneer Oil Co. to drill in the Illinois Basin, a 53,000-square-mile depression under most of southern Illinois, [...]

By Denice Thibodeau
Published: September 13, 2008
Gas stations in Reidsville and Eden had a wide range of gas supplies and prices Saturday, a day after drivers lined up at pumps throughout the county to get fuel. The price of gas rose dramatically overnight Thursday over fears about Hurricane Ike. Numerous refineries line the Gulf Coast, and [...]