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A coal miner has died in an incident in a southern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. William Mapes, 73, of Freeburn, Kentucky, died Sunday, Justice said Sunday in a news release. Mapes had 53 ...

West Virginia and Wyoming will both ditch their traditional school colors to wear all-black uniforms at their respective college football games this ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal mining officials and product manufacturers say the future of the industry is still looking strong in the Mountain State as new technology and safety innovations, as well as ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice’s family, citing a string of ongoing, unaddressed violations. A coal mine in West Virginia owned ...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Ben Beakes, president of the Metallurgical Coal Producers Association (MCPA) says he had a profitable trip ...

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 ...

The day has finally come. West Virginia fans have been anxiously awaiting the first ever "Coal Rush" and in just a few hours, the Mountaineers will take the field in their all-black uniforms that pay ...

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 ...

John E. Amos Power Plant, seen in June 2013, is a coal-fired plant owned and operated by Appalachian Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power in Winfield, West Virginia. (Getty Images) President ...

Abandoned coal mines had left waterways acidic and rusty orange. Local residents are cleaning them up, and recovering valuable minerals in the process. By Mira Rojanasakul Mira Rojanasakul revisited ...