Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations. Death and tragedy are woven into history, but there’s also a ...

Veteran coal miner and crew leader Steve Lipscomb, 38, was found dead in the Rolling Thunder mine at 7:30am on Thursday, five ...

Arvin Hanshaw, of Summersville, W.Va., wears a hat with a miner silhouetted by the state of West Virginia, as he joins a group going to Washington, D.C., to protest the government's delay of the ...