The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has issued one of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice’s coal companies notices of ...

More than 200 coal miners in Wyoming County have been laid off as of Friday, August 1, 2025, after a verifiable source ...

Employees with the National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH) are again staffing the Coal Workers’ Health ...

Interior has signed off on West Virginia's plan for tracking mining companies’ liabilities, an effort to show the state ...

As President Donald Trump exercised his executive power to push for increased mine production, one of his administration’s ...

Coal mining experts, company exhibitors discuss the future of the industry during the 50th annual West Virginia Mining Symposium By Katherine Skeldon March 26, 2024 - 4:48 pm 50th Coal Mining ...

Coal mining is alluring for many in rural West Virginia, not for money alone. GLEN DANIEL, W.Va., April 7, 2010— -- Charlie Athey sobbed Tuesday night as he stood before friends and family at ...

Christopher Finley drowned at Twin State Mining Inc.’s Mine No. 39 in McDowell County, West Virginia, due to safety failures, federal regulators found.

Coal miners have been giving it their all at Mylan Park this week. There have been rescue competitions, and Josh Brady says ...

His company is well-aware of the challenges facing West Virginia's coal mining industry. They're a relatively new company and have only been around since 2006, developing their first mine right now.

On a turf field in Morgantown, West Virginia, last week, mine rescue teams from across the state put their training to use as ...