A group of West Virginia coal miners rescued a couple after their electric vehicle died, pushing the car to a charging station at the coal mine. West Virginia State Sen. Randy Smith (R ...

FARMINGTON, WV (WVNS) — Coal mining is deeply ingrained with West Virginia history, which includes various mine disasters that occurred throughout the state. According to the West Virginia ...

In West Virginia, and across the country, National Miners Day also holds a somber meaning as it coincides with the anniversary of what is now known as one of the worst mining disasters in American ...

according to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), by improperly discharged mine water from the Pinnacle Mining Complex, which entered local waterways. Coal companies are ...

PRESTON COUNTY, W.Va. — An underground coal mine fire burns beneath a sprawling hillside in West Virginia, the pale, acrid smoke rising from gashes in the scarred, muddy earth only a stone's ...

The first is the bond companies are required to post as a condition of mining, typically backed by an insurer, though some states, including West Virginia, don’t require bond amounts that cover ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials on Friday were investigating the death of a coal miner at a Kanawha County mine. Blackhawk mining issued a statement Thursday reporting a ...

RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A coal miner who was injured at a southern West Virginia mine earlier this month has died, the state’s governor said Wednesday. Ashley Cogar, 33, of Erbacon ...

Woman Dies in West Virginia's Second Reported Coal Mining Fatality of 2024 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern West ...

Nicholas County is well-known in West Virginia for a few things. It's known for Summersville Lake, the state's largest body of water. And if you're going to the lake to fish or boat, locals know ...

The tiny West Virginia village of Colfax is surrounded by a coal mine. Underfoot, tunnels stretch for miles to the north, south, and west. Above ground, the horizon is shaped by heaps of refuse ...

West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs.