Rockrimmon residents pledge to fight on after state decides home damage not from coal mine

Residents in Rockrimmon living over a coal mine who have seen major damage to their homes plan to keep fighting after a state board recently confirmed they will not see any reimbursement for repairs from a state program. The Mined Land Reclamation Board was convinced during a board meeting last week expansive soils are causing extensive cracks in the homes, not a collapse of a historic coal mine that extends under large portions of the Rockrimmon neighborhood. The board’s decision upheld the findings of the Mine Subsidence Protection Program, in...