Red Bird Missionary Annual Conference

A train loaded with coal sits on the tracks inside the now-bankrupt mining company Blackjewel's former Black Mountain mining complex. United Methodist churches have stepped up to offer food, school supplies and help with utility bills to out-of-work miners. Photo by Charles Mostoller/Reuters photo

Churches step up to help unemployed miners

After the sudden bankruptcy of the Blackjewel mining company last month, United Methodists are helping with food, utility bills, school supplies and information.

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Morning fog rises in the mountains behind a decommissioned coal washing plant near Beverly, Ky.

United Methodists help bring healing water to Kentucky

Water kiosk at Red Bird Mission will offer clean water to 6,000 residents in remote Appalachia.

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