Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...

CHARLESTON, (WOWK) – Mining is an integral ... disasters in American history, the explosions of the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia. The blasts happened ...

A Boone County coal mine had a long history of safety and environmental violations leading up to a miner death there last ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has released a statement saying a West Virginia man died in a coal mining accident in Boone County.

West Virginia exports more coal to China than any other state and some producers have expressed serious concerns over a ...

(WCYB) — A coal mining company with operations in Southwest Virginia has closed down, which could mean dozens of people are now out of work. Coking Coal LLC, which provides coal for use in iron ...

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 ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more ... Elkins to Charleston following completion of the Coal & Coke Railway. The new railroad, a project of ...