TheTimesTribune.com, Corbin, KY

November 20, 2009

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.

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