West Virginia Gov. Tomblin calls for statewide mine safety stand-down during a press conference at the State Capitol on Feb. 20. West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Feb. 20 issued Executive Order 1 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a unit ...

‘I want to live’: West Virginia miners say the stakes for them are life-and-death as Trump hollows out safety support. How POTUS’s pickaxe is hitting colliers where it hurts “You are suffocating. And ...

The Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration didn’t deploy some specialized technical equipment for the search of a West Virginia miner who went missing in a flooded coal mine during ...

Arvin Hanshaw, of Summersville, W.Va., wears a hat with a miner silhouetted by the state of West Virginia, as he joins a group going to Washington, D.C., to protest the government's delay of the ...

Lawmakers, mining executives, miners and community members gathered at the West Virginia Capitol to honor the work and legacy ...

There have been 122 safety violations at Upper Big Branch mine so far this year. Apr. 6, 2010 — -- Critics say a surge of federal safety citations and revealing internal corporate memos all ...

People rally on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in support of some 185 researchers and other employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Morgantown, W.Va., who ...

“You are suffocating. And that’s what’s going to kill you.” That’s the bleak reality facing Virginia coal miners, retired miner John Robinson told ABC News, as he opened up about work underground ...

Roger James, a former coal miner and black lung patient, uses supplemental oxygen to breathe during a visit to the New River Health Association Black Lung Clinic Sept. 24 in Oak Hill, W.Va. Arvin ...

OAK HILL, W.Va.(AP) — Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations. Death and tragedy are woven into history, ...