The West Virginia Mine Wars are an important but little known piece of American history. Coal miners in southern West Virginia had been trying to organize a union, while coal companies tried to stop ...

Federal regulators have threatened to take over enforcement authority from West Virginia for another coal mine permit in ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice's family, citing a ...

PHILIPPI, W.Va. (WBOY) — A coal mine in Barbour County was evacuated early Monday morning after a fire. The fire was reported just after 1 a.m. Monday morning at the Leer South mine just outside ...

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 ...

A West Virginia and Virginia lawmaker will help co-chair the relaunched Congressional Coal Caucus for the 119th Congress. U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va, announced Thursday that she would co-chair the ...

Core Natural Resources is working to temporarily seal a part of its Leer South coal mine in West Virginia in an effort to extinguish an underground fire. The fire began Monday and all mine workers ...

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The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to streamline the process for coal mining permits. U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., joined U.S. Rep.

PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Investigators with the state Office of Miner’s Health, Safety, and Training along with federal regulators from MSHA are working to determine the caue of a fire underground at the ...

A West Virginia and Virginia lawmaker will help co-chair the relaunched Congressional Coal Caucus for the 119th Congress.