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In West Virginia, Trump’s cuts complicate hopes for a coal revival
Hopes that Donald Trump's executive orders will revive the coal industry have been tempered by the administration's cuts to ...
Methane leak that severely burned West Virginia woman in flash fire highlights hidden dangers of coal mining
A Taylor County, West Virginia woman suffered severe burns after an early morning explosion at her home in Thornton on ...
West Virginians Cheer Trump’s Pro-Coal Agenda but Fret Over Safety Cuts
The president’s voters in West Virginia like his championing of the industry yet worry about possible curbs in mine ...
CDC reinstates workers who screen coal miners for black lung disease
The Trump administration temporarily rehired as many as 40 employees who screen coal miners for the deadly and incurable ...
West Virginia river named one of the nation’s most endangered in the United States due to pollution threats from coal mining
The Gauley River in West Virginia has been named one of the 10 most endangered rivers in the U.S. for 2025 due to pollution ...
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Trump's push to save the fading coal industry gets a warm embrace in West Virginia
Ava Johnson knows West Virginia coal will not ever be what it once was. But as she makes her way along overgrown railroad tracks near the abandoned Kay Moor mine in the New River Gorge National ...
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Trump’s push to save the fading coal industry gets a warm embrace in West Virginia
Ava Johnson knows West Virginia coal will not ever be what it once was. But as she makes her way along overgrown railroad tracks near the abandoned Kay Moor mine in the New River Gorge National ...
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Trump's push to save the fading coal industry gets a warm embrace in West Virginia
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — (AP) — The winner of this year's West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks among the ruins of a community abandoned 70 years ago and imagines the rusted ...