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

MSHA issued its final report following the investigation into a miner's death that occurred in January at the Twilight Surface Mine in...