A West Virginia coal miner has died after a mining accident in Boone County. According to West Virginia Governor Patrick ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 55-year-old coal miner died in a Wednesday morning accident in Boone County.

The West Virginia Mine Wars are an important but little known piece of American history. Coal miners in southern West Virginia had been trying to organize a union, while coal companies tried to stop ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice's family, citing a ...

Federal regulators have threatened to take over enforcement authority from West Virginia for another coal mine permit in ...

PHILIPPI, W.Va. (WBOY) — A coal mine in Barbour County was evacuated early Monday morning after a fire. The fire was reported just after 1 a.m. Monday morning at the Leer South mine just outside ...

A coal mine where an underground fire last week prompted reported mine worker evacuations had a long history of safety and health violations leading up to the blaze. More than 1,100 federal safety and ...

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Most West Virginians likely believe they have a general understanding of the significance of our coal industry in keeping the lights on for the rest of the country, and the size of its role in ...

The country's top mine safety expert was part of a panel that appeared Tuesday afternoon in a Senate hearing about the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S ...

A West Virginia and Virginia lawmaker will help co-chair the relaunched Congressional Coal Caucus for the 119th Congress. U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va, announced Thursday that she would co-chair the ...

As a labor lawyer and community advocate in Southern West Virginia, I was inspired recently by visiting the coalfields in the ...