Gov. Patrick Morrisey has signed into law bills that have drawn concern over how they will change state mine oversight.

Hopes that Donald Trump's executive orders will revive the coal industry have been tempered by the administration's cuts to ...

In 2016, Trump seized on the issue, promising to end what he described as Democratic President Barack Obama’s “war on coal” ...

President Trump has not been shy about it - he wants the U.S. to use more coal, even though ... in southern West Virginia's coalfield. She used to work in the mines locally in about 1980.

A new push by the Trump administration for more coal production is getting mixed reviews in West Virginia, where the majority of electricity is produced by coal and expensive for many residents.

The West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame, a joint initiative between the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute and the West Virginia Coal Association and housed at the WVU Statler College of Engineering ...

The incident took place around noon in the Gare Palma coal mine of Jindal Power Limited in Dongamahua village of Tamnar area, a police official here said. As per the preliminary information ...

Operations have resumed at a major Qld mine less than 24 hours after the resources safety watchdog flagged potential risks and brought all production to a halt. The Resources Safety and Health ...

Towns like Welch and Bramwell leave echoes of prosperity ... it is down to 18,000. Coal remains essential to West Virginia’s economy, and few here want to see the mines shut down. Many of the people ...

Coal mines and coal-fired power plants were once steady income sources for the Navajo Nation, but the money dried up with the closure of a key plant and the mines that supplied it. Some Navajo ...