Old coal mines are getting a high-tech makeover that could revolutionize clean energy and boost local economies. An ambitious ...

Our republic depends on an electorate that honors the legitimacy of election outcomes and peaceful transfers of power. It is ...

She’s from a coal mining family in Summersville, West Virginia. She says it’s not too late for the state to reinvent itself, like she has. “Back home where I’m from there’s a town next ...

Coalfield residents across the country feel ignored as their homes sink and flammable gas rises from underground mining. In ...

Reclamation work is scheduled for a former mine in Virginia that is visible from Black Mountain, the highest point in ...

MOUNDSVILLE, W.V. (WTRF) — Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex held a lecture on preserving West Virginia’s coal mining history. The Abandoned Mine Lands department oversees public safety ...

As a result, additional coal mining operators and coal miners will be needed. Much of the coal being mined right now across southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia is being sent to overseas ...

The mining project to receive the highest award (up to $129 million) is for two inactive West Virginia coal mines in central Nicholas County, the state’s eighth largest county. The OCED awarded ...

The Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley partnered with Theatre West Virginia in 2024 to bring The Cursed Coal Mine to Beckley. The event at The Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia is a production ...