Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...

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

WILLIAMSON, WV (WOWK) – If you travel to the town ... Coal House began as an idea from O.W. Evans, the general superintendent ...

In the Mine Wars that erupted in southern West Virginia over the first two decades ... in remote areas that often lacked existing towns. Coal companies established towns and imposed a system ...

With massive coal reserves acting as a natural charcoal filter, West Virginia used to be famous ... by nearby mountaintop coal removal mining. Not only was mining taking away their charcoal ...

The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and ...

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 ...

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

West Virginia’s economy has depended heavily on its mineral resources, and declining coal production in recent years has hurt the state economically. Today, mining safety and ecological concerns ...