The Gauley River in West Virginia has been named one of the 10 most endangered rivers in the U.S. for 2025 due to pollution ...

In the aftermath of the blast, West Virginia mining regulators have ordered a Core subsidiary to temporarily stop extracting coal from at least part of its Leer Mine in Taylor County, about 100 ...

on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raby) A statue of a coal miner stands at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, ...

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 ...

Sam Petsonk grew up around southern West Virginia's mining communities ... "When I was a child, I'd look up and I'd see coal miners — seemingly larger than life, doubled over coughing, scarcely ...

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 ...