CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia’s long history of coal mining does not come without tragedy, and two of the deadliest mining disasters happened just 10 years apart on the same date.

RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (WVNS) — A fatality was reported at a coal mine in Raleigh County. According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s website, a mine fatality occurred at the Black Eagle ...

December 6, 1907 - Worst coal mine disaster in US history: 362 miners are killed in an explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 coal mines in Monongah, West Virginia. December 19, 1907 - An explosion ...

If you’re tired of rising utility bills, you are not alone. West Virginia senators say they share the same feelings and believe the answer is right under our feet.

HOLDEN, W.Va. — The weekend’s torrential rainfall that flooded southern West Virginia resulted in the blowout of an old coal mine in the Holden area of Logan County on Monday evening.

Heavy rains that soaked the Mountain State since the morning of Feb. 15, 2025 are causing high water issues across the region ...

Two of West Virginia’s worst mine disasters happened 10 years apart on ... the explosions of the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia. The blasts happened ...

For the people of Gillette, dropping coal… Nation’s largest ... the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S. mining disaster in four… More than a week ...

EXCLUSIVE: ‘King Coal’ still reigns as one of the most affordable, reliable and transportable sources of energy – and the U.S. still has a lot of it, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey told ...