The remnants of Hurricane Juan in 1985 collided with a frontal system to produce rain which sat over West Virginia and poured ...

With a long history of unpaid fines for wide-ranging environmental violations, one of the region’s most prominent coal ...

There’s something magical about the hunt for treasure among other people’s castoffs, and at Pence Springs Flea Market in Pence Springs, West Virginia, that magic comes alive every Sunday from spring ...

Long-abandoned coal mines may still be quietly releasing CO₂ into the atmosphere through their drainage waters.

Drainage from abandoned coal mines can carry massive loads of carbon dioxide, venting to the air decades or even centuries ...

Underground mining involves extracting minerals, coal, and other resources from deposits located deep beneath the earth’s ...

For the first time in three decades, there’s a new leader atop the United Mine Workers of America. Cecil Roberts officially ...

There’s a magical portal in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where your wallet opens and treasures appear – it’s called Looking Glass Consignment, and it might just be the most delightful rabbit hole you’ll ...

West Virginia once had a truly bustling train town in the New River Gorge, but the town has since become a hidden gem of a ...

From the Monongahela valley To the Mesabi iron range To the coal mines of Appalachia The story’s always the same Seven hundred tons of metal a day Now sir you tell me the wor ...

Strychnine, speaking in tongues and ramshackle rockabilly spits forth from West Virginia’s last remaining snake handling ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey praised an upgrade in West Virginia’s ratings outlook, but that same report included a warning about the state’s continuing loss of population, reliance on fossil fuel taxes and ...