The winner of this year's West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks among the ruins of a community abandoned 70 ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry.

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that ...

West Virginia's GOP senators are urging top Trump officials to undo DOGE cuts that threaten the health and safety of their ...

Nixon. In 1969 he signed into law the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act after public outcry over a mine explosion the previous year in Farmington, West Virginia, that killed 78 workers.

Any efforts to boost coal production on the national level could also help to bolster coal mining in Southwest Virginia, according to Jonathan Belcher, who serves as VCEDA’s executive director ...

Coal mining in West Virginia, meanwhile, spent the ensuing years in a political fight that Republicans largely won. As a 2016 presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton was slammed for saying that ...

As he spoke, a West Virginia woman was fighting for life after methane from a gassy coal mine likely seeped into her home and exploded—just three days before the president’s remarks.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A two-day show that helps coal mining businesses connect with one another, but also potential customers is in Charleston. The West Virginia Coal Show, put on by SEMCO ...

As Trump Eyes Coal Revival, His Job Cuts Hobble Black Lung Protections for Miners By Valerie Volcovici OAK HILL, West Virginia (Reuters) - Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West ...

Trump vowed to save the industry, and while mining jobs have not made a comeback, coal states like West Virginia have become reliable Republican strongholds.Advocates for the mining industry argue ...

Robert Cash, a 55-year-old mine roof bolt operator from Foster, West Virginia, said miners feel “in the dark” about how closing offices will impact safety. “It’s just a big scare around ...