The Battle of Blair Mountain wasn't just a labor dispute gone wrong. It was the moment the federal government deployed troops ...

A massive search operation continued Wednesday in West Virginia, where officials said crews were "working around the clock" and continuing "aggressive" efforts to locate a missing coal miner who ...

It was this date in 1951 a gas explosion in a coal mine in Kermit, West Virginia killed 11 miners, injured two others.

A West Virginia miner died after an incident on Thursday, the governor said. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey posted a statement on social media, saying he and his wife were "deeply saddened by the ...

(AP) - Crews desperately continued removing massive amounts of water in an effort to locate a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine in West Virginia as the work entered a fifth day Wednesday. Gov.

The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum announced that the staff at the institution has unionized, becoming an official part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 19 (UPI) --A coal miner in West Virginia has died, the latest mining fatality in the state following the flooding death of a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. DRENNEN, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach ...