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 ...

LOGAN COUNTY, WV (WOWK ... died when rocks from the mine roof hit him back in September. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) said 33-year-old Gary Chapman died from rocks falling ...

A coal miner died in Boone County on Wednesday ... “Steven tragically passed away after an accident at the Progress Surface Mine in Twilight, WV. All West Virginians should keep Steven’s ...

The country's top mine safety expert was part of a panel that appeared Tuesday afternoon in a Senate hearing about the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S ...

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 ...

(WCHS) — Firefighters with the Cora Volunteer Fire Department and workers with the West Virginia Department ... after 5 p.m. Monday at an inactive coal mine near Orange Creek Road and Holden ...