Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest mine disaster in more than half a century at the Upper Big Branch mine.

The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is among the federal agencies selected for spending cuts by the Department of ...

Fayette County, West Virginia, sued over a dozen coal mining, real estate and insurance companies for ... conducted mining operations in the area from the 1920s until the 1950s, creating piles without ...

Saturday marks 15 years since 29 men were killed in a matter of seconds working underground in Raleigh County.

Coal industry deaths were in the hundreds throughout the 1950s and 1960s ... rising 4.2% to 45,476. West Virginia employed the most miners at 14,000, followed by Kentucky at 5,000.

Voices From Coal Country Say Closures of MSHA Offices Will Endanger Mine Safety CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it's safe for anyone to ...