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It's been 15 years since the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia. Family members and others from the community ...
President Donald Trump took to the White House podium to boost one of his favorite energy sources. “We’re ending Joe Biden’s ...
I stood on the main street of a coal town in West Virginia with the mayor. “That used to be a diner, that was a bakery, that was a small gift shop and florist,” he said pointing to the row of ...
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) —The Fourth Circuit on Thursday heard from a West Virginia county seeking accountability from coal mining companies responsible for waste dumps, which it claims harm the Johnson ...
Here’s what officials in West Virginia had to say following President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at boosting coal, ...
On April 5, 2010, an explosion in a coal mine near Montcoal, in West Virginia's Raleigh County, killed 29 workers.
Libby Lindsay spent 21 years working underground as a miner for Bethlehem Steel in West Virginia ... of the United Mine Workers, which collaborated with the agency to watchdog coal companies.
The president of West Virginia Coal Association believes the announced ... up there,” Hamilton said on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town.” “So, we really hope they’ll reconsider this major ...
Voices From Coal Country Say Closures of MSHA Offices Will Endanger Mine Safety CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it's safe for anyone to ...
Supporters of Senate Bill 883 believe it will streamline the hiring of surface, electrical and underground mine inspectors ... that are working in West Virginia coal mines," Fehrenbacher said.