The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is defending its oversight of a Boone County coal mine permit that federal regulators have been reviewing for months. State officials are defending their handling of violations at the Twilight Surface Mine after a federal review was launched over environmental concerns. The state says it has taken enforcement action and argues the state, not federal regulators, has authority over the permit. WVOW News TWILIGHT State o

The Buffalo Creek Memorial Library hosts a memorial service every year on February 26 to mark the anniversary of the 1972 flood disaster. During that service, the names of all 125 victims are read aloud for all to remember. Robert Fields | WVOW News TOWN OF MAN Thursday marks 54 years since the Buffalo Creek flood disaster. On February 26, 1972, the Pittston Coal Company’s coal slurry dam #3 gave way, flooding the community with millions of gallons of black wastewater. Just

Greenbrier Minerals has announced the layoffs of 530 employees at operations in Lorado, Cyclone and Davin will start on April 14th, Robert Fields | WVOW News LORADO Greenbrier Minerals, LLC, issued a 60-day notice on Friday that it will idle seven mining operations in the coalfields. Greenbrier Minerals, a subsidiary of Coronado Global Resources, says the move will result in the layoffs of 530 employees starting on April 14 th . The terminations are expected to be permanent

The NIOSH Mobile Black Lung Screening Unit is back on the road, following a federal judge’s May injunction that restored the vital...

Plans are in the works to restore the 2755 steam engine at Chief Logan State Park LOGAN The 2755 Steam Locomotive Committee plans to...

President Donald J. Trump last week ordered the DOJ to work with Attorneys General in their ongoing fight against New York's "superfund...

A coal miner from Logan County died following an accident at a Boone County mine on Wednesday. BOONE COUNTY   A coal miner died Wednesday...

West VIrginia Attorney General and Governor Elect Patrick Morrisey seeks to block a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency...

COAL MOUNTAIN A coal miner was killed this morning in Wyoming County. According to a release from the Governor’s Office, Virgil Paynter...

MARTIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY The search of a collapsed building at an idled mine in Martin County, Kentucky ended Friday night when the final...

UPDATE : 1:16 PM | Wed. Nov. 1 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirms one of the men trapped in that collapsed coal prep plant in Martin...

WVOW News THACKER A Kentucky man died from injuries sustained Sunday at a coal mining operation in Mingo County, according to Governor...

PHOTO | Alan Toler WVOW News RAGLAND A train derailed and home knocked off foundation in Mingo County. The Norfolk Southern train had...

Faith Bannister | WVOW News MULLENS West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced Thursday a new economic development plan extracting...

Governor Jim Justice announced the death of a coal miner at a West Virginia mine. The Governor said 34-year-old Kris Ball, of Harts, was...

The United State Supreme Court handed down a major ruling Thursday limiting the Environment Protection Agency’s ability to regulate power...

WVOW News HUNTINGTON Kentucky coal company was found in contempt for failing to submit court-ordered clean up plans for two West...