CHICAGO — Rescuers were 500 feet from the airtight rescue chamber where four potential survivors of the West Virginia coal mine explosion might be, when they were forced to turn back by air-quality ...

The work life of the 37 miners who lost their lives in an explosion at the Robena Mine 63 years ago would still be all too ...

The probe of the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in decades has produced its first conviction – a former mine security chief found guilty of lying to investigators. After the jury returned its verdict ...

(AP) - 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.

A massive search operation continued Wednesday in West Virginia, where officials said crews were "working around the clock" and continuing "aggressive" efforts to locate a missing coal miner who ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West ...

Morrisey issued all flags flown at half-staff, not just for Lipscomb but for all five of the West Virginia coal miners who lost their lives on the job in 2025: Steven Fields, Billy Stalker, Eric ...

Lawmakers, mining executives, miners and community members gathered at the West Virginia Capitol to honor the work and legacy ...

On Dec. 6, 1907, in West Virginia’s Marion County, an explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Company in ...

As many West Virginians are concerned about plans for data centers in the state, few may know that there are already several ...