In West Virginia, the question of who foots that bill has gotten messy, with bankrupt coal companies, insurers, and the state government lacking the capital to pay for full-mine reclamation.

U.S. President Donald Trump has singled out the coal industry as a key driver of U.S. energy dominance, but there are ...

In Benwood, West Virginia, money comes in as coal goes out. Coal mines are going through a hiring shortage. Global demand for coal increased by 6% last year and could rise more this year.

Since 1950, mining jobs have declined by 88 percent, and today only about 14,000 still work in West Virginia's mines. Automation and more efficient mining practices have been a primary factor ...

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 ...

The documentary, based in large part on James Green’s book, The Devil Is Here in These Hills, chronicles the hurdles coal miners in southern West Virginia encountered from 1900, when Mary ...

A West Virginia coal mining company that tried to stiff 44 miners of their last paycheck after filing for bankruptcy has been ordered to pay more than $175,000 in back wages.

The unnamed West Virginia coal miners helped restore access to a 2.7-mile stretch of highway near Chimney Rock, North Carolina that was destroyed by Hurricane Helene.

An electric vehicle broke down in West Virginia on Friday, but a group of coal miners were quick to help out. The EV broke down along Corridor H in Tucker County as the driver was headed to Davis ...

Mike Hairston, a fourth-generation coal miner, speaks in his driveway about the unmarked gravesite down the road from his home where more than 80 West Virginia coal miners who died in a 1912 ...

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 ...