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Donald Trump has championed the mining industry. But workers worry fewer regulations could endanger their safety.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The NIOSH Mobile Black Lung Screening program, stalled earlier this year by DOGE cuts, is back on the ...
Every state has its hidden flavor treasures. These off-the-beaten-path foods are the ones adventurous eaters need to try at ...
President Donald Trump seeks a 93% funding cut to a quasi-federal government agency responsible for promoting economic development and community building in Appalachia. West Virginia is the sole state ...
For those who are looking towards retirement, this West Virginia town might just give you a good bang for your buck, complete ...
Appalachian Voices is opening a new exhibition “Environment at Risk” at the Gumenick Family Gallery of The Cultural Arts ...
When Tom Hartz was a young lad in the 1950s, dragline power shovels had pretty much replaced the hardy miners that harvested coal hundreds of feet beneath the Earth’s surface. Still, growing up in ...
The Coal Cats walked away with it. Sure, Tri-State ended its Appalachian League game with Bluefield early on Wednesday, ...
In the quiet hollers and narrow valleys of southern West Virginia, a catastrophe is waiting to happen. Not the slow, grinding kind we’ve learned to endure, economic hardship, job loss, ...
Superstars Alison Krauss and Billy Strings stand out among this year’s IBMA Award nominations, which were announced on ...
Bingham Canyon Mine Utah Copper and Boston Consolidated Mining Company built the “largest industrial mining complex in the ...