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WILLIAMSON, WV (WOWK) – If you travel to the town of Williamson ... and was donated by mining companies in the area, including, Leckie Collieries, the Crystal Block Coal Company, Puritan ...

Historic homes and churches line Front Street on the Ohio River in Hartford City, West Virginia (WV). Hartford City is ... Hartford was established as a town in 1853, and a coal mine was opened there ...

At the same time that the C&O was under construction, mining entrepreneurs ... He grew into one of southern West Virginia’s first coal barons and opened many more mines around the gorge. He later ...

In “Coal” he sings: We could’ve made something of ... a United Methodist pastor who leads three churches in Tucker County and works with the WV Faith Collective in the mining towns in McDowell County, ...

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 West Virginia lawmaker has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to streamline the process for coal mining permits.