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

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

A now near-ghost town in West Virginia was once home of lavish a hotel, a "historic spot for trouble" that hosted a ...

CHARLESTON, (WOWK) – Mining is an integral ... disasters in American history, the explosions of the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia. The blasts happened ...

A Boone County coal mine had a long history of safety and environmental violations leading up to a miner death there last ...

WHEELING — New West Virginia Sen. Chris Rose hasn’t even sat down yet as chairman of the Senate Energy, Industry and Mining ...

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 ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more ... Elkins to Charleston following completion of the Coal & Coke Railway. The new railroad, a project of ...

"They could have a dramatic impact. They could evolve to the point where even furloughs of mining operations are considered, " West Virginia Coal Association president Chris Hamilton said.

(WCYB) — A coal mining company with operations in Southwest Virginia has closed down, which could mean dozens of people are now out of work. Coking Coal LLC, which provides coal for use in iron ...

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 ...