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As President Trump pledges to revive “beautiful” coal, Virginia’s coal counties have largely moved on to new ventures. But ...
A judge ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs.
Residents fight to keep a power plant and sprawling data center out of their scenic corner of Appalachia—despite a new state ...
Hopes that Donald Trump's executive orders will revive the coal industry have been tempered by the administration's cuts to mine safety programs.
The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.
One of Jim Justice’s coal companies owes West Virginia over $1 million in delinquent penalties for environmental violations ...
In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving up its coal to pay rare six-figure salaries. But their prayers ask that they return safely to the surface.
Trump's Push to Save the Fading Coal Industry Gets a Warm Embrace in West Virginia FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — The winner of this year's West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks ...
Ava Johnson knows West Virginia coal will not ever be what it once was. But as she makes her way along overgrown railroad tracks near the abandoned Kay Moor mine in the New River Gorge National ...
Ava Johnson knows West Virginia coal will not ever be what it once was. But as she makes her way along overgrown railroad ...