KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) – West Virginia is well known for its many coal mining towns and coal industry. However, there ...

West Virginia has a longstanding relationship with coal, rooted in the state's geography and rapid industrial development in the late 19th century.

DRENNEN, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an ...

Rescuers are racing to find a miner who's been trapped in a flooded West Virginia coal mine for days. Crews are pumping out thousands of gallons of water per minute at the Rolling Thunder Mine to help ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –West Virginia’s two U.S. senators and coal operators anticipate more positive news for the industry during the final two years of Donald Trump as president. Coal operators gathered ...

Entertainment prepares to make its way to part of Raleigh County with the WV Day Festival. According to a post on the Beckley Events’ Facebook page, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DRENNEN, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency responders ...