The West Virginia Mine Wars are an important but little known piece of American history. Coal miners in southern West Virginia had been trying to organize a union, while coal companies tried to stop ...

Federal regulators have threatened to take over enforcement authority from West Virginia for another coal mine permit in ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice's family, citing a ...

Federal authorities have again threatened to take over mine permit violation enforcement from the West Virginia Department of ...

The country's top mine safety expert was part of a panel that appeared Tuesday afternoon in a Senate hearing about the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S ...

By Stephen Smoot  West Virginia serves as one of the leading producers of energy in the United States, ranking fifth among all states in that category. Most associate West Virginia with coal and ...

A West Virginia and Virginia lawmaker will help co-chair the relaunched Congressional Coal Caucus for the 119th Congress. U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va, announced Thursday that she would co-chair the ...

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The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

As a labor lawyer and community advocate in Southern West Virginia, I was inspired recently by visiting the coalfields in the ...

A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to streamline the process for coal mining permits. U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., joined U.S. Rep.