Anyone listening to local radio recently might've heard an ad from the lobbyist group The Friends of Coal extolling the virtues of the Trump a…
The West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame, a joint initiative between the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute and the West Virginia Coal Association…
It looks like some workers vital to miners’ health and safety will be back on the job, but another agency responsible for those same things is…
Safety failures allowed by a Boone County coal mine operator with a long history of safety and environmental violations caused a fatal mine ac…
Silica dust has replaced coal dust as the silent killer down mineshafts in Appalachia. More miners are developing respiratory illnesses sooner…
At a campaign stop in West Virginia during his first run for president, Donald Trump donned a coal miner’s helmet, mimicked shoveling coal and…
SOUTH MAN — As they do every year, survivors and family members of survivors of the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster gathered recently at the Buffa…
Editor’s note: We celebrate Women’s History Month with a look at a local legend in West Virginia women’s history, as well as labor history.
A coal mine where an underground fire last week prompted reported mine worker evacuations had a long history of safety and health violations l…