Mingo County, West Virginia — In West Virginia's hollers, deep in Appalachia, jobless coal miners are now finding a seam of hope. "I wasn't 100% sure what I was going to do," said James Damron ...

In fact, because black lung benefit adjustments are not tied to the rate of inflation, this crucial safety net for miners doesn’t cover enough ground. In many coal communities in West Virginia ...

losing access to those crucial services was a lethal threat for the coal miners who depend on them. For West Virginia miners like Harry Wiley, who served as lead plaintiff on the class action ...

Two West Virginia coal miners with black lung disease testified before a federal judge on Wednesday during a hearing on the Trump administration’s decision to effectively shutter a program that ...

A Coal Miner Killed on the Job in West Virginia Is the 10th in US This Year, Surpassing 2023 Total GRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner died Friday, nearly a week after being injured on the job in ...

According to the West Virginia Encyclopedia, the Farmington Mine Disaster resulted in the deaths of almost 80 coal miners at the Consolidation Coal Company’s Number 9 mine in Marion County on ...

Coal miners in West Virginia are going viral and receiving praise for restoring a road in North Carolina. The unnamed West Virginia coal miners helped restore access to a 2.7-mile stretch of ...

The coal industry means so much to the people in the state of West Virginia and has for decades. Most West Virginians have a coal miner or two somewhere in the family and in a lot of cases, mining ...

Coal Miner Killed on the Job in West Virginia. the Death Marks Fourth in the State This Year CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night ...

GRAFTON, W. Va. (AP/KDKA) -- A coal miner died Friday, nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West Virginia, officials said. Colton Walls, 34, of Bruceton Mills, was injured ...

GRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner died Friday, nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West Virginia, officials said. Colton Walls, 34, of Bruceton Mills, was injured while ...