Silica dust has replaced coal dust as the silent killer down mineshafts in Appalachia. More miners are developing respiratory illnesses sooner in their careers because they have to cut through ...

President Trump signed executive orders to streamline coal production, bypassing environmental reviews and undoing efforts to curb pollution.

Nationwide prohibition against alcohol consumption was launched in 1919 in the U.S., but West Virginia enacted its ban much ...

It's been 15 years since the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia. Family members and others from the community ...

Here's what officials in West Virginia had to say following President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at boosting coal, ...

For West Virginians who’ve relocated elsewhere, a genuine pepperoni roll from Country Club Bakery delivers more than ...

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

Virginia Mines (TSX: VGQ; US-OTC: VGMNF) has sealed a deal with three institutional funds in Quebec that will help finance a $28-million accelerated exploration program on its Coulon project, a copper ...

In the late 1800s, the material was revolutionised by reinforcing it with rivets, creating the first durable work pants for miners and laborers in the American West. Over time, denim shed its ...