SAGO, W.Va. (WHSV) - Exactly 20 years ago on Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion tore through the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, trapping 13 coal miners. Only one of the miners, Randal McCloy, Jr., survived ...

Data centers are the same kind of extraction, only this time the corporations are hiding them behind fences, nondisclosure agreements and a lot of glossy PR about “upcycling” coal mines and powering ...

A West Virginia miner died after an incident on Thursday, the governor said. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey posted a statement on social media, saying he and his wife were "deeply saddened by the ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --A coal miner in West Virginia has died, the latest mining fatality in the state following the flooding death of a miner last month. The unidentified miner died Thursday morning in what ...

A few years back, I found myself on a train departing White River Junction, Vermont. While the station was not staffed by Amtrak employees, local volunteers assisted passengers. Not surprisingly, many ...

The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with their dad. But ...

In Webster Springs, everyone knows one another. When National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was killed, that connection was further strengthened. By Kevin Williams and Jacey Fortin Kevin Williams ...

Salena Zito is a Pittsburgh-based columnist for the Washington Examiner. She is the author of "The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics." KANAWHA COUNTY, West ...

In the rugged Appalachian hills of West Virginia, five hours west of the nation’s capital, fierce community bonds and family ties define life. Among the traditions locals hold most dear: sending their ...

MARTINSBURG, W.Va — Just an hour and a half from downtown Washington, D.C., the close-knit community of Berkeley County, West Virginia, is mourning after a tragic ambush shooting struck one of their ...