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Echoes of the Past: WVU's Coal Rush Night, "The Logo," and the infamous Cabin Creek Coal Strike
Echoes of the Past' is an article series exploring connections between the WVU sports, the state of West Virginia, and ...
Trade tensions with China puts West Virginia coal producers on edge
West Virginia exports more coal to China than any other state and some producers have expressed serious concerns over a ...
100 Days in Appalachia5d
In West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, a Grassroots ‘Jubilee’
Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...
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The story behind the West Virginia coal wars
The coal wars of West Virginia mark the largest labor uprising in American history. From 1912 to 1921, tens of thousands of coal miners organized and united against the oppressive coal mine ...
West Virginian killed in accident at Boone County mine
According to West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey, the incident happened at the Progress Surface Mine in Twilight, West ...
The Times Leader5d
Longwall mining to cause I-70 lane restrictions near W.Va.-Pa. border
Longwall mining is returning to the area around Interstate 70 near the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border, which means ...
‘As goes coal, so goes WV on the export market:’ How China’s tariffs impact the economy
With the prospect of a trade war on the horizon, concerns are looming over how it will impact the local economy, particularly ...
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West Virginia suspends permit for coal mine tied to Justice family
State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice’s family, citing a string of ongoing, unaddressed violations. A coal mine in West Virginia ...
Hardy County Live21d
This Week in WV History
The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at Jan. 23, 1888: Union leader Fred Mooney was born in a log cabin on ...