Video of previous coverage CHARLESTON, W.Va (WOWK) — Both industry leaders and worker advocates are saying the West Virginia ...

Black Lung Disease is a topic and medical condition you hear about often from coal miners. However, the condition, and its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harlan County is the heart of eastern Kentucky's coal region. Scott Olson/Getty Images In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will ...

Corrections and Clarifications: This story previously misstated the role of Jim Mesterharm in Walter Energy's restructuring. The crushing forces prevailing against the U.S. coal industry have ...

There is a new exhibit at ETSU's Archives of Appalachia that highlights the human and environmental costs of coal mining in Appalachia.

There has been a resurgence of black lung disease, also known as Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP), in recent years among miners in the central Appalachian coalfields. Long considered an affliction ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The West Virginia Republican Party hold a news conference to praise the Trump administration's investment in coal at the state ...

Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, coal country came out in droves to support Donald Trump, who promised rural America a mining revival. Nine years later, some coal miners are saying they are in ...

OAK HILL, W.Va. — 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, but ...

Fire on the Mountain is an evocation of the lives of Appalachian coal miners in the first few decades of the twentieth century. Created for the Denver Center by Dan Wheetman and Randal Myler, who also ...

Last Sunday’s funeral service for the 29 coal miners in West Virginia was, for Dr. William Turner, a glimpse into the American spirit. Suggested Reading Elon Musk Threatens Boycott of ‘The Odyssey’ ...