WASHINGTON — Virginia Senators Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are pressing the U.S. Mine Safety and Health ...

Here is a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. Timeline December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in ...

Four miners were taken to local hospitals following an accident at the Cameron Portal of the Marshall County Mine, Marshall County EMA Director Tom Hart said. Hart said the county 911 center received ...

An investigation following the disaster found that mines in southern West Virginia, including those in Wyoming, Boone, Cabell, Raleigh, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer and Wayne counties, lacked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 19 (UPI) --A coal miner in West Virginia has died, the latest mining fatality in the state following the flooding death of a ...

Democrats’ hopes of redistricting Virginia’s House seats to be more favorable to the party in the upcoming midterms hit a legal roadblock. Indiana rebuts Trump-led pressure, scrambling ...

TUCKER COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A man died following an accident at a coal mine in Tucker County, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced on Thursday. Joey Mitchell Jr. was involved in an accident ...

West Virginia American Water announced it has acquired Nitro Regional Wastewater Utility from the city.State regulators approved the acquisition after years of Mingo County man accused of sexually ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. DRENNEN, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia native who was part of the rescue attempt at the Rolling Thunder mine in Nicholas County last year said it was the first time that kind of search had ever been ...

DRENNEN, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an ...