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

Deep in the mountains, explorers discovered a rusted steel door leading to a long-forgotten coal mine. Inside, the tunnels ...

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

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

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025: 5 injured in Greene County mine incident At ...

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

A train derailment last Saturday dumped coal and diesel fuel into wetlands near the Chickahimony River in Virginia, and nearby residents and environmentalists worry that the contaminants could flow ...

President Donald Trump’s efforts to help the U.S. coal industry at home are being undermined by falling sales abroad amid his ...

Sitting on a West Virginia farm with a dark history, paranormal activity, and Bigfoot sightings, this Airbnb is a ghost ...

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 ...

Retiring UMWA President Cecil Roberts talks about where the coalfields have been and where they could be going.