April 5 marked the 15th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia, which killed 29 coal miners when coal dust and methane ignited. In the years that followed, multiple ...

The estimate of the latter would indicate that there were seventy miners killed and five injured, and it is conceded that all of those still in the mine are dead. None of the mines in this ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTRF) — A West Virginia coal miner was killed in a tragic accident on Friday afternoon. Gov. Jim Justice and First Lady Cathy Justice issued the following statement today ...

GRAFTON, W. Va. (AP/KDKA) -- A coal miner died Friday, nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West Virginia, officials said. Colton Walls, 34, of Bruceton Mills, was injured ...

Coal Miner Killed on the Job in West Virginia. the Death Marks Fourth in the State This Year CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night ...

WYOMING COUNTY, W. Va. — A West Virginia coal miner died Thursday morning in the state’s first fatal mine accident of 2024. The accident happened around 8:42 a.m. at the Coal Mountain No. 1 ...

(WSAZ) -Gov. Jim Justice and First Lady Cathy Justice a statement on Sunday evening after learning of the death of a coal miner in Mingo County, West Virginia. William Mapes, of Freeburn ...

A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim Justice said. The Republican governor said Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky, died after being injured ...

A miner has passed away following an incident at the Kanawha Eagle Mining Coalburg Tunnel Mine. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health and Safety identified the miner as 34-year-old Kristofer L.