Mingo County, West Virginia — In West Virginia's hollers, deep in Appalachia, jobless coal miners are now finding a seam of hope. "I wasn't 100% sure what I was going to do," said James Damron ...

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 ...

Two West Virginia coal miners with black lung disease testified before a federal judge on Wednesday during a hearing on the Trump administration’s decision to effectively shutter a program that ...

(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 ...

losing access to those crucial services was a lethal threat for the coal miners who depend on them. For West Virginia miners like Harry Wiley, who served as lead plaintiff on the class action ...

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 ...

The coal industry means so much to the people in the state of West Virginia and has for decades. Most West Virginians have a coal miner or two somewhere in the family and in a lot of cases, mining ...