Something unexpected is happening in the ancient hills of Appalachia. A region long associated with economic hardship, coal ...

Mason Adams and Roxy Todd explain why tensions between the two Virginias may be driving up costs for some customers.

The judge-executive, who opposed pulling out of the contract, said the proposal was the county’s last best option.

Over the past year, President Trump has championed coal mines. He signed an executive order to, quote, "reinvigorate America's beautiful, clean coal industry." The order aims to increase production, ...

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, ...

Beneath parts of the Appalachian Mountains, thousands of mine shafts still descend deep into the earth. Some of these vertical passages drop more than 1,000 feet, connecting long corridors carved ...

Instead of placing data centers on valuable farmland they could be located on reclaimed sites throughout the Appalachian coal ...

Annotation AS A FUNCTION OF ITS CORPORATE DUTIES, the Consolidation Coal Company, one of the largest coal-mining operations in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century, had ...

This study examined potential health risks for people living near surface coal mine sites in Central Appalachia, including evaluation of relevant literature on air, water, soil, and ecological impacts ...