Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest mine disaster in more than half a century at the Upper Big Branch mine.

Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, ...

A West Virginia coal miner has died after operating an excavator. Officials are saying a coal miner, Virgil Paynter, of Lynco, West Virginia died on Thursday in Wyoming County at the CM Energy ...

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 ...

Mountaintop removal is a radical form of coal mining in which the tops ... The counties with the most mining remain the poorest counties in Appalachia. Economic studies in West Virginia and Kentucky ...

Voices From Coal Country Say Closures of MSHA Offices Will Endanger Mine Safety CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it's safe for anyone to ...