This disaster is a black mark on the history of West Virginia’s coal mining, but being the catalyst to creating the United State Bureau of Mines is a reason to honor those lives lost ...

For the people of Gillette, dropping coal… Nation’s largest ... the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S. mining disaster in four… More than a week ...

Kentucky Coal Firm Held in Contempt Again Over West Virginia Mine Pollution HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a third contempt order against a Kentucky coal company for ...