A coal mine where an underground fire on Jan. 13, 2025 prompted reported mine worker evacuations had a long history of safety ...

Federal regulators have threatened to take over enforcement authority from West Virginia for another coal mine permit in ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice's family, citing a ...

A mining company in West Virginia is facing a lawsuit from conservation groups that claim it has violated federal ...

Bluestone Coal Corporation’s Poca surface mine’s mining permit was suspended by the West Virginia Department of Environmental ...

The Senate’s top leadership position was open because Craig Blair, who has held the position since 2021, was defeated in the Republican primary election.

The Leer South coal mine in Barbour County will remain temporarily sealed after miners were evacuated due to a fire on Jan. 13, according to officials. Core Natural Resources, Inc. announced that it ...

PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Investigators with the state Office of Miner’s Health, Safety, and Training along with federal regulators ...

Core Natural Resources is working to temporarily seal a part of its Leer South coal mine in West Virginia in an effort to extinguish an underground fire. The fire began Monday and all mine workers ...

The country's top mine safety expert was part of a panel that appeared Tuesday afternoon in a Senate hearing about the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S ...