Mingo County, West Virginia — In West Virginia's hollers, deep in Appalachia, jobless coal miners are now finding a seam of hope. "I wasn't 100% sure what I was going to do," said James Damron ...

West Virginia is at a crossroads on coal. The state’s upcoming decisions ... anger and guarded optimism as they chart a course for survival in a world that’s often telling people to eat ...

Lawyer Hunter Mullens is representing a retired couple after an explosion at their West Virginia house injured ... mining under homes where the coal seam is within 400 feet of the surface until ...

For over 200 years, coal companies—like the one owned by our governor, like the one owned by my own great-grandfather—have seen West Virginia as a backwater packed with easy resources: thick seams of ...

The EPA announced a final ruling affecting carbon emission from coal-fired ... way of life in West Virginia," Justice said. "You have done so much for so many. It's off the chart and what you ...