FOSTER, West Virginia— Robert Cash, a third-generation coal miner, prays each morning with his fellow miners before going underground for a long shift. In the coalfields of Appalachian West ...

The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners ...

and it will endanger and destroy the lives of coal miners," said Willie Dodson, coal impacts program manager for Appalachian Voices. "MSHA needs more inspectors, MSHA needs more resources," he said.

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The April 10 call focused on federal cuts and policy changes negatively impacting Appalachian coal miners specifically. “While everyone agrees that the federal government could use some ...

Every generation in Appalachia strives for their children ... my grandfather during his 20-year career in the strip mining industry. Coal put food on the table for the majority of families in ...

As detainments and deportations cause many travellers to turn away from America, Annabel Grossman journeyed deep into the heart of Trump country to discover if tourism could be an unexpected force to ...

In Central Appalachia, an estimated one in five tenured coal miners has black lung disease. The condition reduces life expectancy by an average of 12 years and makes it a "struggle to get through ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly ...

In Central Appalachia, an estimated one in five tenured coal miners has black lung disease. The condition reduces life expectancy by an average of 12 years and makes it a “struggle to get ...

FOSTER, West Virginia— Robert Cash, a third-generation coal miner, prays each morning with his fellow miners before going underground for a long shift. In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, ...