West Virginia (CNN)-- Efforts were under way Sunday to reventilate a sprawling West Virginia coal mine so crews can recover the bodies of 22 miners who died in an explosion Monday, authorities said.

Historians in central West Virginia are preparing to commemorate the mysterious site of the crash of a remarkable military ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia’s long history of coal mining does not come without tragedy, and two of the deadliest mining disasters happened just 10 years apart on the same date.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force has been tackling the issue of acid mine drainage since 1978. Friday marked the end of its annual conference, where ...

Both men wooed West Virginia voters with the promise of more mining jobs and fewer regulations. For an industry in need of a boost, it might as well have been jet fuel. “For the first time in a ...

West Virginia’s economy has depended heavily on its mineral resources, and declining coal production in recent years has hurt the state economically. Today, mining safety and ecological concerns ...