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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

West Virginia Coal Towns Reimagine Themselves Around The Great Outdoors While the coronavirus crisis has devastated many local economies, it has boosted others. That includes some Appalachian coal ...

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.

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 ...

“West Virginia’s coal miners are the most heroic and patriotic men and women I have ever met in my life, and the fact that several of them voluntarily went to North Carolina to help restore ...