Stephen Fields of Chauncey was drilling a test hole in a coal seam when the rock came loose from a highwall due to freezing ...

Did you know the man that is responsible for the creation of Black History Month once worked and lived near the New River ...

I always enjoy quizzing kids on what they’re learning about in school. Nine times out of ten they tell me something that wasn ...

Federally funded programs provided both women with a social safety net and employment in one of the nation’s poorest states, ...

Black History Month takes center stage in many communities, including the Ashland area: a fundraising dinner for the C.B.

Echoes of the Past' is an article series exploring connections between the WVU sports, the state of West Virginia, and ...

The coal-producing areas of West Virginia have been traditionally defined as fields, each field corresponding to a given geographical location or region of the state. Our readers should note that a ...

The Kanawha Coal Field is the name used to describe a coal-producing section of West Virginia that includes the following counties, in whole or in part: Kanawha, Putnam, Mason, Clay, Boone, Lincoln, ...

J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

The Nature Conservancy and the Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership are turning former Appalachian coal mines into clean energy hubs.