Like the dusty ghost towns clustered in the West, abandoned mining towns tell subtle stories of a bygone time. It just so happens that those stories tend to be bone-chilling. Appalachia ...

Six puppies found abandoned in a West Virginia mine shaft are now safe in Westmoreland County.

(The Center Square) — Even though federal money to reclaim mine lands in Appalachia has been slow ... has three programs ...

How abandoned coal mines in Appalachia are joining the global race for rare earth metals Researchers in West Virginia are hoping to develop scaleable methods for extracting rare earth metals from ...