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Our mission is to provide effective leadership for the coal industry, ultimately enhancing the ability of the Kentucky coal industry to compete in domestic and world coal markets. Our membership represents both Eastern and Western Kentucky operations that mine coal through surface and underground methods. This diversity helps us build a consensus approach in problem solving and proactively works to resolve the complex issues facing the coal industry.
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Kentucky Coal Association Announces New President/Executive Director
The Kentucky Coal Association has selected Sam McKown as its new president and executive director. “I am excited to build on and continue the vital mission of the Kentucky Coal Association,” said McKown. “A cornerstone industry of the Commonwealth, coal not only powers Kentucky, but it supports thousands of jobs from one end of our […]
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“The Sierra Club lives in some weird Orwellian world where up is down and left is right, where “reality” is whatever they decide it to be. Fortunately, most people don’t live in that world. We live in a world bounded by objective reality — a world where people need reliable energy, not fairy dust and […]
🌲 The 2026 CEDAR Regional Coal Fair continues through Thursday at the University of Pikeville — 207 K–12 projects, across seven subject areas. Free public viewing 2–8pm. #KentuckyCoal #coalheritage #STEMEducation🌲 Day two of public viewing is underway at the 2026 CEDAR Regional Coal Fair. The evergreen in CEDAR’s name is the Eastern Red Cedar — native to these mountains, green through every winter, and a fitting emblem for a fair where students show what they have built.
The fair is open again today, Wednesday, May 20, and once more tomorrow, Thursday, May 21, on the 7th-floor pavilion at the University of Pikeville. Public viewing runs 2:00 to 8:00 PM each day, and admission is free.
207 projects from K–12 students across six Eastern Kentucky school districts and three private academies remain on display, spanning science, mathematics, English and literature, art, music, technology and multimedia, and social studies.
Come see their work.
UPIKE HPE Building · 7th Floor Pavilion (Kentucky College of Optometry)
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🌲 CEDAR's 2026 Regional Coal Fair features 225 K–12 projects across seven subject areas — geology, mining science, reclamation, and the future of our coal communities. Free public viewing May 19–21, 2–8pm, UPIKE HPE Building 7th Floor Pavilion.The 2026 CEDAR Regional Coal Fair is open today, Tuesday, May 19, on the 7th-floor pavilion at the University of Pikeville. Public viewing hours are 2:00 to 8:00 PM today, Wednesday May 20, and Thursday May 21. Admission is free.
Students from six Eastern Kentucky school districts and three private academies have brought 207 projects to the fair, across seven subject areas: science, mathematics, English and literature, art, music, technology and multimedia, and social studies. Topics include coal's geology, its history, its place in the lives of Eastern Kentucky families, the science of mining and reclamation, and the future of the communities the industry built.
CEDAR has held the Regional Coal Fair annually since 1993.
UPIKE HPE Building · 7th Floor Pavilion (Kentucky College of Optometry)
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EIA's May Short-Term Energy Outlook projects U.S. coal exports rising 5% in 2026 — an increase of 4 million short tons. Met coal makes the steel that builds bridges, rail, and high-rises. Kentucky's Eastern coalfield produces the high-vol and low-vol grades feeding blast furnaces across Asia, Europe, and South America. #KYCoal #MetCoal ... See MoreSee Less
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