West Virginia Mining Disasters Gov. Joe Manchin has called for a temporary halt to coal mining in West Virginia after the deaths of 16 men in four accidents since Jan. 2.

When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town's mine disasters in March, ...

In the biggest settlement ever reached in a U.S. mining disaster, the new owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 men were killed in an explosion agreed Tuesday to pay $210 million over a ...

Mining companies have been slow to adopt new safety requirements. Critics say the West Virginia disaster shows that Congress needs to step in. The industry says it needs clearer guidance.

FARMINGTON, WV (WVNS) — Coal mining is deeply ingrained with West Virginia history, which includes various mine disasters that occurred throughout the state. According to the West Virginia ...

Time is running out for trapped West Virginia miners. April 9, 2010— -- This has been a week filled with desperate anguish for the families of the miners trapped in West Virginia's Upper Big ...

The Leer South Mine in Barbour County, West Virginia, which produces high-quality metallurgical coal, was sealed for the ...

Core Natural Resources said it has temporarily resealed a section of its Leer South mine in West Virginia after detecting ...

Disaster at the Monongah coal mine in West Virginia in 1907 when an explosion killed more than 360 workers. Meaningful safety regulations were still decades away.

Another 239 men would be killed in 12 coal mining disasters in West Virginia before the end of the decade, including 97 miners at the Federal No. 3 mine in Everettville in Monongalia County.

In bygone days, the mine was among West Virginia’s most productive, owned by a succession of giant companies. But after production ceased in 1995, it became a money pit, consuming $900,000 a ...