COAL: Democrats, like mining, may never fully recover in Appalachia -- Friday, October 17, 2014 -- w

WHITESBURG, Ky. -- Sitting at his desk in the Letcher County Courthouse in this Appalachian community of about 2,000 people, Judge Executive Jim Ward frets over the county's finances. The sharp downturn in eastern Kentucky coal mining has kicked thousands

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