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Best of Gazette-Mail: MSHA cuts fueling safety fears 15 years after Upper Big Branch
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Best of Gazette-Mail: MSHA cuts fueling safety fears 15 years after Upper Big Branch

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated 8 hrs ago
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Joe Main can tell you the exact moment he found out.

MSHA silica rule delay poised to linger long past rescheduled compliance date
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MSHA silica rule delay poised to linger long past rescheduled compliance date

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Aug 15, 2025

Aug. 18 was supposed to be the day.

'Robin Hood in reverse': Low-income losses, wealthy gains expected from GOP megabill
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'Robin Hood in reverse': Low-income losses, wealthy gains expected from GOP megabill

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Aug 10, 2025

A far-reaching budget reconciliation bill on the verge of becoming law after drawing key support from West Virginia’s U.S. senators would disp…

'Dangerous': WV advocates fear costly cuts in budget bill as Senate eyes passage
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'Dangerous': WV advocates fear costly cuts in budget bill as Senate eyes passage

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Jul 2, 2025

“[T]he most to lose and the least to gain.â€

Sustained NIOSH mining research staff cuts could violate federal court order
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Sustained NIOSH mining research staff cuts could violate federal court order

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Jul 15, 2025

Miner allies say it’s dangerous for the Trump administration to sustain staff cuts to mining research divisions within the federal agency that…

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Miner safety outlook worsens amid reports of further NIOSH staff downsizing

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Jun 6, 2025

The Trump administration has rolled out another round of staff cuts within the Department of Health and Human Services.

Coal mine revenue, production dwarf compliance costs as unions fight for silica rule
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Coal mine revenue, production dwarf compliance costs as unions fight for silica rule

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Aug 14, 2025

Wednesday marks one year to the day since federal labor regulators gathered at a United Mine Workers of America district office just outside U…

Gazette-Mail editorial: Another blow delivered to miners' health
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Gazette-Mail editorial: Another blow delivered to miners' health

  • Updated May 15, 2025

Silica dust has replaced coal dust as the silent killer down mineshafts in Appalachia. More miners are developing respiratory illnesses sooner…

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'Recipe for disaster': MSHA cuts fueling safety fears 15 years after Upper Big Branch
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'Recipe for disaster': MSHA cuts fueling safety fears 15 years after Upper Big Branch

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Aug 27, 2025
  • 12 min to read

Joe Main can tell you the exact moment he found out.

'An attack on all workers': Cuts to NIOSH in Morgantown, mining research panned
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'An attack on all workers': Cuts to NIOSH in Morgantown, mining research panned

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Aug 4, 2025

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has operated in West Virginia for decades to make work safer.

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