A small group of black railroad workers at the Pitts Camp near Marlinton, West Virginia. These young men were employed by the ...

Sheriff W. H. Barlow and Constable Hambrick got a fine still on Williams River near the home of C. C. Riddle. They arrested Riddle and he was bound over to the grand jury by Squire Smith. - - - James ...

Georgia was going to retire its coal plants, but then the data centers arrived. AI is pushing energy providers back to fossil fuels.

When he ended his term as governor to head to the U.S. Senate, Jim Justice assured West Virginians he was leaving the state ...

Of the three main types, the grand total of geared steam locomotives built in the U.S. topped out at around 4,500. Despite ...

Echoes of the Past' is an article series exploring connections between the WVU sports, the state of West Virginia, and ...

Though West Virginia is among the 10 poorest states ... on free rather than enslaved labor to build such industries as coal, railroads and salt. Also, they scratched out a living on yeoman farms ...

The West Virginia State Legislature has to navigate changing circumstances, brought on by the new administration in ...

The Climate Change Superfund Law, which the lawsuit aims to block, would require the largest fossil fuel companies to pay a ...

The State Legislature has to navigate changing circumstances, brought on by the new administration in Washington. D.C.

Matewan, West Virginia. May 19, 1920. Police Chief Sid Hatfield sits in the town square. He's declined bribes and payoffs to help protect the coal miners of Matewan but the Baldwin Felts detective ...

Two locomotives and five railcars of the train derailed but remained upright, then struck an empty coal car before coming to a rest just west of the crossing. Hertzler, a railroad fan who spoke to ...