CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- April 5 marks the seven year anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. The disaster killed 29 coal miners after an explosion inside of the mine. A memorial was ...

A federal magistrate judge said prosecutors should have turned over documents that could have helped Mr. Blankenship’s case. By Mihir Zaveri Officials worry that failed coal companies will use ...

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Progress to build a Miners Memorial Wall in Beckley was announced Wednesday during the city’s annual remembrance ceremony for the 29 lives lost in the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster.

RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Friday marks nine years since 29 miners were killed in the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. Family and friends will lay wreaths at the mine memorial in Whitesville ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was set to be released Wednesday from an Arizona halfway house, marking the end of his one-year prison term for to his criminal ...

Thomas Jones (L), a coal miner, participates in a candelight vigil in Whitesville, West Va., on April 7 for the 25 miners that were killed in an explosion two days earlier at the Upper Big Branch coal ...

The play “Coal Country” delivers a deeply personal look at the human toll of West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine disaster. The words of miners and their families, along with the music of Steve Earle ...