My family are coal miners from that area for three generations (Kulpmont, PA). As a kid my uncle used to take us up to Centrailia to see the melted roads. My grandfather and two uncles had Black Lung. They used to strike and get beaten by the "police" for it.

The coal companies never cared and never will. I saw what they did to these communities. Now they are all suffering from the opioid epidemic[1]. Glad these two are doing some real local reporting.

[1] https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/crime/mt-carmel-doctor-p...