In 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine exploded. An investigation following the disaster found that mines in southern West Virginia, including those in Wyoming, Boone, Cabell, Raleigh, Lincoln, Logan, ...

SAGO, WV (WVNS) — There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such disaster is the Sago Mine Disaster that occurred on January 2, 2006 at the the ...

The probe of the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in decades has produced its first conviction – a former mine security chief found guilty of lying to investigators. After the jury returned its verdict ...

Rare diagnosis sidelines Kanawha County EMT as departments unite to cover medical costs Following a rare diagnosis, local fire departments are coming together to help one of their own.Halle Schafer ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded ...

The body of Steve Lipscomb, a 38-year-old father and veteran coal miner, who had been trapped underground in the Rolling Thunder Mine in West Virginia for five days, was recovered Thursday morning, ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The days of January 2, 3, and 4 in 2006 turned out two of the biggest stories in West Virginia’s history. One of them was euphoric and the other left a long and painful legacy on ...

A dozen West Virginians lost their lives in one of the state’s worst coal mining disasters 20 years ago. The Sago Mine disaster would serve as a catalyst for changes in mine safety law, but its ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...