For residents of southern West Virginia, the King Coal Highway is a familiar topic. More than two decades of work have been ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Senate approved a bill Friday raising pay for state mine inspectors. Senate Bill 708 calls for ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to boost mineral production “to the maximum possible extent” as ...
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has told federal authorities they were out of line in issuing a ...
While the ability to pull enough minerals from these sources to power the energy transition is still a long way off, ...
A panel of West Virginia senators approved a blitz of legislation, on March 24, 2025, designed to promote fossil fuel use and ...
Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.
On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, we discuss the life and retirement of the United Mine Workers of ...
But it is not clear what the bill would mean for Coles Hill, a large uranium deposit in Pittsylvania County near Chatham that Virginia Uranium Inc. attempted to mine and mill more than a decade ago.
A Mercer County man is accused of stealing explosives from a mine site in southern West Virginia, troopers said.Garnett A.