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

“Colored People: A Memoir” follows the coming-of-age story of literary critic and professor, Henry Louis Gates Jr., as a young black man in Piedmont, West Virginia. This memoir offers insight into how ...

It was 162 years ago today when the nation first learned that “Mountaineers are Always Free.” Since then, West Virginians have worked hard to make their mark on bettering themselves and their beloved ...

On this West Virginia Morning, we look at efforts to revitalize a former Black coal camp, plus hear from award-winning singer and songwriter Carrie Newcomer for our Song of the Week.

Our Blood Runs Black” is the culmination of an emotional three years of research, interviews and writing for two Southwest ...

Coming out of high school in 1956, East Bank senior Jerry West may not have been WVU's main recruit. The Mountaineers were ...

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 ...

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.