Speaker to discuss local coal mining history. The Hocking Count Historical and Genealogical Society will host a public ...

Friday was West Virginia Day – the observance of the anniversary of West Virginia’s statehood on June 20, 1863. West Virginia is a special place. Born of rebellion in the midst of the American Civil ...

"You know your neighbors and you were close," said coal miner Timothy Spratt. "You looked out for each other and their ...

As West Virginia celebrates its history and birthday, the town of Madison is celebrating the Mountain State’s strong ...

Not only is June 20th the first day of summer, but it’s also the day commemorating one state’s quest for statehood.

In southern West Virginia, coal mines with repeated environmental violations are racking up fines with limited repercussions ...

kicking up against West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. Timber and coal mining began transforming the region in the late 1800s, drawing workers to ramshackle towns where the jobs ...

Among the hardest-hit states was West Virginia, where large-scale coal mining began in the mid-1800s. Over the past decade, West Virginia has lost a greater percentage of its residents than any ...

Explore the legacy of coal and its enduring influence ... Appalachia-- so thinking about Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky alone. For long tenure miners-- in other words, miners who have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eric Anderson, a 44-year-old coal miner, voted for Donald Trump to keep West Virginia’s mines humming and applauded the president’s executive orders allowing power plants to burn more coal.