Jimmy Carter signed the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, which changed the coal industry, reducing the ...

Silas House, ’93 When his first book, “Clay’s Quilt,” landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list in 2001 and brought him ...

The 50th year of the David School has been a good one. The school, founded in a former coal camp in Floyd County, marked 50 ...

According to Bill Fawcett in A History of North Eastern Architecture ... Under the re-organisation of the coal industry in 1994, Selby coalfield was acquired by RJB Mining. Losses occurred ...

Not so long ago, when there was not much reading and writing in the Kentucky coal-mining mountains, let alone radio or TV, folk singing was one way to keep track of history. In the town of Dwarf (pop.

QUNNIMONT, W.Va. — There's no shortage of interesting things to see in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West ...

From winter sports to charming towns to scenic train rides, there are at least five good reasons for visiting West Virginia ...

EKPC also plans to invest more than $2 billion in order to build around 2,000 MW of new generation, and to convert around ...