On Dec. 6, 1907, in West Virginia’s Marion County, an explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Company in ...

Like many families in Craig, Colorado, the Cooper family has worked in the coal industry for generations. That ends in ...

The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has told the Gazette-Mail it did not use a monitoring device that can aid emergency search and rescue operations in its response to try to save a mine ...

As many West Virginians are concerned about plans for data centers in the state, few may know that there are already several ...

The Rolling Thunder coal mine near Swiss, in Nicholas County, West Virginia, is seen in this aerial photo on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early ...

DRENNEN, W.Va. — A preliminary report from the federal Mine Safety Health and Administration says Nicholas County coal miner ...

Three members of the Whittaker family, long known as America’s most inbred household, were quietly removed from their isolated home in Odd, West Virginia, after years of viral scrutiny. Relatives say ...

Rescue crews recovered the body of a “heroic” West Virginia coal miner who was trapped in a set of flooded mines for four days, officials announced on Thursday. Steven Lipscomb, a 42-year-old married ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...