Twelve West Virginians miners lost their lives 20 years ago today in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s ...

Work is underway on a new attraction in McDowell County that will pay tribute to the region’s rich coal mining history. In keeping with the city of Welch’s “CoalTown USA” theme, the coal miner ...

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the explosion which ended up claiming 12 lives at the Sago Mine in Upshur County ...

On Jan. 2, 2006, 12 men were killed in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia's Upshur County.

Governor Patrick Morrisey has issued a statement recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Sago Mine Disaster, which claimed ...

Exactly 20 years ago on Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion tore through the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, trapping 13 coal miners ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crews desperately continued removing massive amounts of water in an effort to locate a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine in West Virginia as the work entered a fifth day Wednesday. Gov.