Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' letters and e-mails. The letters comment on our interview with a lobbyist about his trade, and our coverage of the Sago coal mine disaster. We ...

The collapse of an 11-story coal mining plant in Martin County left two workers trapped under the rubble as crews worked to free them Wednesday. One of the workers has since been confirmed dead. But ...

The Knox Mine Disaster claimed the lives of 12 miners. Rail cars were dropped into the whirlpool created by the Knox Mine Disaster in an effort to plug the hole. Workers search for survivors of the ...

On this day 99 years ago -- May 27, 1925 -- the largest industrial disaster in the history of North Carolina happened near the county line between Chatham and Lee counties, a coal mine explosion that ...

The coal mine disaster in West Virginia last week thrust the mine's owner, Massey Energy, into the national spotlight. But people in the area have known Massey for years as a powerful -- and divisive ...

—1942: China’s northeast is the site of the world’s deadliest coal mine disaster when an accident kills 1,549 miners in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during World War II. —1906: A dust explosion in a ...

A tragedy in a coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has turned the spotlight once again on the illegal practice of rat-hole mining, which thrives in the region despite a ban by the ...

FARMINGTON, WV (WVNS) — Coal mining is deeply ingrained with West Virginia history, which includes various mine disasters that occurred throughout the state. According to the West Virginia ...

PLYMOUTH – As most people get ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day, a local man feels another observance should be noted today. Stephen Kondrad, 55, who grew up in Plymouth, moved out of the ...

The Assam Police has arrested Hanan Laskar, a manager linked to the rat-hole coal mine disaster in Umrangso, Dima Hasao district. The tragedy, which has drawn widespread attention, has raised serious ...