Stephen Fields of Chauncey was drilling a test hole in a coal seam when the rock came loose from a highwall due to freezing ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) said 33-year-old ... in Logan where he was pronounced dead just before 7:20 p.m., according to the MSHA. They said Mingo Logan Coal LLC—who ...

LOGAN COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — A mining company operating in Logan County, West Virginia was cited after a worker died when rocks from the mine roof hit him back in September. The Mine Safety and ...

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Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...

Echoes of the Past' is an article series exploring connections between the WVU sports, the state of West Virginia, and ...

A Logan County coal miner died in an accident at a mine in Boone County, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in a statement Wednesday. Steven Fields, 55, of Chauncey, died from injuries he sustained in an ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice’s family, citing a string of ongoing, unaddressed violations. A coal mine in West Virginia ...

WHEELING — New West Virginia Sen. Chris Rose hasn’t even sat down yet as chairman of the Senate Energy, Industry and Mining ...

In the Mine ... coal miners on the steps of the capitol building in Charleston, West Virginia in 1912. To recalcitrant miners she added, "You ought to be ashamed of yourselves... to see one old ...

“There’s almost zero reason to be completely optimistic,” says Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. “It’s a disservice to coal-mining ...