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State investigates mine blast
By Becky Manley / Staff Writer
The Kentucky Office of Surface Mining is investigating reports of possible damage in the wake of a Thursday blast at a strip mine in Knox County.
Reports indicate the blast could be heard two miles away, and a nearby resident said the blast shook her house.
For more on this story, read the Saturday edition of the Times-Tribune.
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