GHENT, WV (WVNS) — West Virginia’s coal mining industry has faced some monumental ... 112 miners and trapped a number as well. Several rescue shifts proved to help as on Saturday, 4 days ...

A mining company operating in southern West Virginia has been cited after a worker died when rocks from the mine roof hit him ...

Three people have been rescued after spending almost five days trapped thousands of feet underground in an abandoned US coal mine ... Wednesday's rescue, according to the West Virginia Department ...

because West Virginia coal is increasingly expensive and difficult to mine, in the face of national and international competition. Just over 12,000 West Virginians still work in the coal industry.

MOUNDSVILLE, W.V. (WTRF) — Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex held a lecture on preserving West Virginia’s coal mining history. The Abandoned Mine Lands department oversees public safety ...

“There’s almost zero reason to be completely optimistic,” says Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. “It’s a disservice to coal-mining ...

West Virginia coal operators built small, company-owned towns for their miners to live in. The coal towns were almost always unincorporated; there were no elected officials, no independent police ...

Coal hauling imperils the critically endangered candy darter as well as nearby habitat for other endangered species. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, today’s lawsuit ...