The two reddest states in America — Wyoming and West Virginia — had the highest overall worker death rates in 2023, according to government figures.
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Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners than before. Federal cuts risk putting a…
West Virginia mining regulators have approved the expansion of a coal mine in an area that residents say is already contaminated…
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
A coal miner in West Virginia has died, the latest mining fatality in the state following the flooding death of a miner last…
A West Virginia coal miner was found dead Thursday after being trapped in a flooded mine for more than a week. He helped save…
“No one here works at the saw mill. No one here works at the iron plant. We’re all in tourism, whether you like it or not."
