NEWCASTLE -- Al Smith had a problem. The federal government had given him permission to drill for oil on land just east of Newcastle, but time was running out on the go-ahead. It was either drill it ...

Driving a country road, I passed an old well house. It didn’t look like a wishing well. It looked rustic, more like a shed, a practical structure. I stopped and took a photo of the well. Right by it ...

NEWCASTLE, Wyo. — Al Smith had a problem. The federal government had given him permission to drill for oil on land just east of Newcastle, but time was running out on the go-ahead. It was either ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Health officials in Fayette and Kanawha counties warned residents with hand dug wells along Paint Creek on Thursday to not drink the water after a recent chemical spill.

It’s a scene Norman Rockwell would have liked. We see an old hand-dug well, a corncrib and an outhouse. A fine old cedar leans back as if taking a gander at my camera and me. We time travel here where ...