West Virginia coal operators built small, company-owned towns for their miners to live in. The coal towns were almost always unincorporated; there were no elected officials, no independent police ...

Along with sedimentation, coal hauling could degrade the Upper Gauley watershed with coal dust from loaded coal trucks. “The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has a 55-year history of working in ...

West Virginia exports more coal to China than any other state and some producers have expressed serious concerns over a ...

as well as lower thermal shipments to river terminals.” CSX, which has more miles of track than any other railroad operating in West Virginia, moved only 39 million tons of domestic coal in 2024 ...

House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw expressed concern as to how the tariff would impact coal production in West Virginia and ultimately state revenues. “That remains uncertain to us ...

As a major producer of coal for foreign and domestic use, West Virginia coal producers look at potential Chinese tariffs with ...