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Deep in coal country Harlan looks to a future without it
In Harlan County Kentucky a generation of miners faces a declining coal industry. Families relocate west as job losses mount and local towns shrink. Officials push economic diversification while residents cope with empty schools and fading pride, hoping for a new path.
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Harlan, Ky
Scottie Sizemore
Sizemore
Harlan County
Appalachia
Cumberland
Madonna
Harlan
Madonna Sizemore
Lynch High School
United States Steel Corp
J.P Morgan
Lynch
Morgan
Henry Ford
Verda
Steven
Energy Information Administration
Kentucky
Appalachians
Central Appalachian
EIA
Powder River Basin
Environmental Protection Agency
C.V. Bennett
Obama
Bennett
Fields
Debra
Bryannah
Anastya
Rylan
Scottie
Patriot Coal
Western
Harlan County Community Action Agency
Donna Pace
Eastern
Western Kentucky
Appalachian
Donnie Reeves
Reeves
Fed
Aichi
Toyota
Georgetown
Bluegrass
Keith Johnson
Johnson
Eddie Jones
Kentucky Career Center
H.O.M.E
Jones
Corbin
Congress
Jason Bailey
Kentucky Center For Economic Policy
Bailey
Natural Bridge State Resort Park
Village Center Mall
U.S. 421
Goodwill
Harlan Countian
Harlan County High
University of Louisville
Robert Gipe
Appalachian Studies
Southeast Community College & Technical College
HCHS
Tami Brock
America
Brock
Cumberland High
Chelsea Niday
Eastern Kentucky University
Jessica Stewart
Travis Fields
Harlan County High Black Bears
Coal Miners’ Memorial Stadium
Darrell Scott