In the Mine Wars that erupted in southern West Virginia over the first two decades of the 20th century, coal miners and coal companies in West Virginia clashed in a series of brutal conflicts over ...

(WOWK) — A mining company operating in southern West Virginia has been cited after ... Officials said Mingo Logan Coal LLC—who owns and operates the Mountaineer II Mine—did not comply ...

This led some mines to hire more workers ... and in 2009 the state named coal its official rock. “West Virginia has always relied on coal,” says Tom Southern, who lives near the coal museum ...

HOLDEN, W.Va. — The weekend’s torrential rainfall that flooded southern West Virginia resulted in the blowout of an old coal mine in the Holden area of Logan County on Monday evening.

BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A coal miner died after injuries suffered Wednesday morning at a mine in Boone County, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in a release. Steven Fields ...

West Virginia produced 89 million tons of coal in 2021, according to the latest data recorded by the state miners’ office ... of illegal drugs across the southern border. Last month, Morrisey ...

The West Virginia Coal Association celebrated ... They also result in additional coal supplies and coal miners working,” Hamilton said. “And most importantly, they provide the basis to see ...