The Gauley River in West Virginia has been named one of the 10 most endangered rivers in the U.S. for 2025 due to pollution ...

In 2016, Trump seized on the issue, promising to end what he described as Democratic President Barack Obama’s “war on coal” ...

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 ...

American Electric Power’s John Amos coal-fired plant in Winfield, W.Va, is seen from the town of Poca across the Kanawha River ... s 560 coal mines are located in West Virginia (165) and ...

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 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 tracks near the abandoned Kay Moor mine in the New River Gorge National ...

Thursday, April 17, 2025, (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant winner Ava Johnson, 16, explores the abandoned Kay Moor mine complex in the New River Gorge ...

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 ...