In October of last year, subsidence from a mine shuttered in 1906 damaged a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall and at least seven homes in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood. The abandoned mine ...

A mine safety expert says many old mines in Western Pennsylvania have less than 50 feet of ground cover between the mine and the surface, making them vulnerable to collapse.

Emergency officials in Somerset County say an early morning fire destroyed an abanonded home in Meyersdale Thursday morning.

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way. Sinkholes from abandoned Pennsylvania mines pose danger | 90.5 WESA ...

The $16.7 million JMB Gardens development brings 41 new affordable housing units to the Capitol City, replacing several ...

An abandoned coal mine is too unstable and unsafe for rescuers looking for a 64-year-old Pennsylvania woman who may have been swallowed by a sinkhole.

A Pennsylvania hiker had followed his dog off a mountain trail this week when he glanced toward a deep coal pit below and saw a tail move near a pile of rocks.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Philadelphia Police Department is working to remove a backlog of abandoned vehicles ...