The weekend’s torrential rainfall and subsequent flooding resulted in the blowout of an old coal mine in the Holden area on ...

At least one person is dead following historic flooding in Southern West Virginia’s coalfields this weekend.

F AYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia’s long history of coal mining does not come without tragedy, and the morning of March 2, 1915, turned into one of the deadliest mining disasters in ...

West Virginia is still waiting on approval from the federal government for an emergency disaster declaration filed by Gov.

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

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 ...

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 ...

“There’s almost zero reason to be completely optimistic,” says Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. “It’s a disservice to coal-mining ...

West Virginia, to save the puppies. "There is a gentleman down there that visits a lot of the mine shafts, looking for puppies and looking for abandoned animals. This is like the 10th litter he'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 ...