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 ...