West Virginia coal miners are calling on state and federal governments for greater support as they face the long-term health ...

Virginia’s U.S. senators have expressed concern to federal mine safety regulators over their response to a Nicholas County ...

NIOSH is launching its annual free, confidential mobile health screenings for coal miners in several states from March ...

Current law has a 5% severance tax on the gross value of metallurgical coal. This bill, as it was constructed when the committee first took it up, would have had a stepdown to 4.5% in fiscal 2026, 4% ...

A ruling from the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals regarding the taxation of personal property for data centers and other “high technology” businesses is going to cost […] ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK)– The West Virginia Coal Festival was represented at Fairs and Festivals Day at the Capitol. The West Virginia Coal Festival celebrates the heritage of coal mining in West ...

Crews desperately continued removing massive amounts of water in an effort to locate a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine in West Virginia as the work entered a fifth day Wednesday. Gov.

DRENNEN, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an ...

Here is a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. Timeline December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in ...