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 ...

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

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

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice’s family, citing a string of ongoing, unaddressed violations. A coal mine in West Virginia ...

A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought ... a 360-degree video in the mine itself and to know that it's gonna be on a permanent display out west, so kids can virtually ...

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 ...

West Virginia’s economy has depended heavily on its mineral resources, and declining coal production in recent years has hurt the state economically. Today, mining safety and ecological concerns ...

(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 ...

"They could have a dramatic impact. They could evolve to the point where even furloughs of mining operations are considered, " West Virginia Coal Association president Chris Hamilton said.