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 ...

GRAFTON, W. Va. (AP/KDKA) -- A coal miner died Friday, nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West Virginia, officials said. Colton Walls, 34, of Bruceton Mills, was injured while ...

A slowly disappearing industry that’s been a staple in West Virginia could be on the uptick nationwide after a recent ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern West Virginia coal mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Ashley Cogar, 33, of Erbacon, was injured ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A new documentary produced by WCHS-TV aims to explore the Coal Mine Wars, with a focus on the Battle of Blair Mountain. The first part of the documentary aired Wednesday night on ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A coal miner was fatally injured at a mine site in southern West Virginia on Thursday, the state’s governor said. Virgil Paynter, of Lynco, W.Va., died after an incident ...

Roughly two-thirds of the staff that provides free examinations for the deadly disease, which one study says affects 1 in 5 longtime miners, was recently fired. Two West Virginia coal miners with ...