A former West Branch valedictorian is excelling in a industry dominated by men. Amy Burt McBrayer, 34, a 2008 graduate of West Branch High School, is a mining engineer who now teaches at West Virginia ...

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.

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 ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it's safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by ...

Alpha Natural Resources agreed to pay $209 million in connection with a 2010 explosion at a West Virginia mine that killed 29 workers, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. “While we continue ...

President Obama’s only mine safety chief reflected this week on more than seven years regulating the nation’s coal and hardrock mineral extractors, including an aggressive rulemaking period and ...

The 31 mine workers hit by the explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia last year weren't the only people whose lives were at risk that day. Some of the mine rescuers who tried to ...

In the latest instance of state employees mining cryptos at work, a unit of Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) has been caught red-handed diverting company electricity to earn bitcoin. State-owned ...

MONTCOAL, W.Va. — Motorists who drive through Whitesville, West Virginia cannot miss a long, granite memorial. The engraving on the front is the silhouette of 29 figures. It’s a roadside memorial ...

Amy McBrayer, 34, the daughter of Lloyd and Paula Burt, is a 2008 graduate of West Branch High School. She is a mining engineer teaching at West Virginia University. A former West Branch valedictorian ...