A West Virginia community gets wiped off the map. Skip to main content. Share on Facebook; ... Like many West Virginia coal towns that have shifted from underground mining to far more destructive ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Clinging to Coal: West Virginia's Fight Over Green Jobs," in the video player above. Clinging to the top rungs of a 300-foot ladder, Eric Ritchie pauses to ...

West Virginia’s tourism sector currently includes 70,000 hospitality and tourism jobs, with an expected 21,000 job openings each year, according to West Virginia Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby.

The rising cost of coal Coal-fired power in West Virginia is not as cheap as it once was. The rates for Chase’s electricity utility, Ohio-based American Electric Power, have risen sharply over ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — West Virginia leadership released statements about the West Virginia coal miners who helped restore a road in North Carolina that was destroyed by Hurricane Helene.

There is a popular perception in West Virginia that renewable energy has been killing the coal industry. However, that narrative is incomplete. Jobs in coal had been in decline decades before the ...

In West Virginia, where 7 in 10 voters supported Trump last year and coal mines employed about 14,000 workers in 2023, the delay in new silica standards and worries about mine safety programs are ...

West Virginia is at an impasse over how much to run some of its largest coal-fired power plants, with implications for carbon emissions and the future of coal in the eastern United States.

In 2010, around 21,000 people worked in the coal mining industry in West Virginia. By 2019, that number had fallen to just under 14,000. And those jobs are going to keep on disappearing.

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 ...

In Benwood, West Virginia, money comes in as coal goes out. Coal mines are going through a hiring shortage. Global demand for coal increased by 6% last year and could rise more this year.