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CONSOL Energy and Arch Resources, which operated several mines in West Virginia, officially merged on Tuesday and then released a statement on the underground fire in Barbour County.

Owners or operators of 30+ coal plants across the U.S. plan to delay their end, hiking utility bills and extending dangerous emissions.

PHILIPPI, W.Va. (WBOY) — A coal mine in Barbour County was evacuated early Monday morning after a fire was reported.

Bluestone Coal Corporation’s Poca surface mine’s mining permit was suspended by the West Virginia Department of Environmental ...

West Virginia University is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. West Virginia University confers degrees through various schools ...

No injuries have been reported after a derailment involving a CSX coal train early today (Jan. 7 ... The derailment site is on CSX’s Rivanna Subdivision, approximately 66 miles west of Richmond, Va. — ...

A woman living in an old home in West Virginia discovered a piece of local history when renovating, wowing social-media users.

According to the West Virginia Encyclopedia and the Mine Safety and Health Administration website, a methane explosion took place at the Sago Mine in Upshur County at around 6:30 a.m. on January 2, ...

Oliver Anthony in The Coal Mines of West Virginia Oliver Anthony played his set for a group of coal miners in Laeger, West Virginia. The exact date of the performance is unknown, however ...

Sometime after the Civil War, he moved to West Virginia and was quick to recognize the economic potential "smokeless" coal would have once the C&O Railway arrived. The plaque on the monument faces the ...