This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Mountain State ... had problems with their mine reclamation programs. But West Virginia offers perhaps ...

Mountaintop removal mining changes landscapes, causes environmental concerns. July 30, 2011— -- From the road, West Virginia's mountains ... called "The Last Mountain." It now surpasses ...

Legg, 48, of Twilight ... mine and strip mine," Rash said. Barry Brown, Legg's friend and a former co-worker, said Legg was going to start a new job later this week at Patriot's Big Mountain ...

Today it’s done almost exclusively in southern West Virginia ... hollows around the aptly named Coal Mountain, which has a huge mountaintop removal mine operated by a company that was, until ...

People who live in Appalachian areas where coal mining is prominent have ... 2012 at three rural residential areas in WV. The two MTM sampling sites, Twilight and Edwight, were located in valleys ...

TWILIGHT, W.Va. — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has published its final report on the investigation of a fatal accident on a southern West Virginia surface mine. Stephen ...

April 8, 2010 — -- Families of West Virginia coal miners ... Meanwhile, throughout these quiet mountain communities near Massey Energy Co.'s Upper Big Branch mine, people remain glued to ...

A grim documentary about West Virginia coal mining’s lasting effect on its citizens, “Blood on the Mountain” is either a fortuitous exploration of industrial wrath or a too-soon ...