When the federal government tried to fire a team protecting coal miners from Wyoming to West Virginia from black lung disease ...

As President Trump pledges to revive ‘beautiful’ coal, Virginia’s coal counties have largely moved on to new ventures. But ...

A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a ...

FAYETTEVILLE, West Virginia: Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed orders to allow more coal mining on federal land and to ease environmental regulations that limited coal use. At the ...

In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving up its coal to pay rare six-figure salaries. But their prayers ask that they return safely to the surface.

a third-generation coal miner, prays each morning with his fellow miners before going underground for a long shift. In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep ...

Eric Anderson, a 44-year-old coal miner, voted for Donald Trump to keep West Virginia’s mines humming and applauded the president’s executive orders allowing power plants to burn more coal.

Eric Anderson, a 44-year-old coal miner, voted for Donald Trump to keep West Virginia’s mines humming and applauded the president’s executive orders allowing power plants to burn more coal.

The president’s voters in West Virginia like his championing of the industry yet worry about possible curbs in mine inspections and the end of a black-lung tracking program.