Steve Holland, general manager of the Paradise Fossil Plant, stands near one of the plant's cooling towers in Drakesboro, Ky., on Sept. 12, 2019. Holland oversaw the Tennessee Valley Authority plant as it burned its last load of coal and shut down in February. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)
March 24, 2020
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March 24, 2020 1:21 p.m.
Iconic plant's end spells doom for struggling coal industry
DRAKESBORO, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump tried to stop it from happening. The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, did too.