It doesn’t take much for a century-old mine shaft to cave in around you. Or for the mercury, lead or arsenic leftovers to ...

Linda Slovernick’s husband works at the Kemmerer coal mine that recently laid off 28 workers. Though he survived the cut, her ...

Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest mine disaster in more than half a century at the Upper Big Branch mine.

Advocates for coal miners and their families say they are worried about recent cuts to federal programs that oversee mine health and safety. The Department of Government Efficiency has cancelled the ...