The Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine in West Virginia shows vistiors how a historical mine operated.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...

WASHINGTON — West Virginia will take on a larger role in regulating coal mining and land reclamation activities on federally leased land under an amended agreement with the U.S. Department of the ...

A West Virginia coal miner was found dead inside a flooded mine on Thursday morning after a desperate five-day search, officials said. Steven Lipscomb, a 42-year-old Elkview native, died in Rolling ...

DRENNEN, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an ...

(AP) - Crews desperately continued removing massive amounts of water in an effort to locate a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine in West Virginia as the work entered a fifth day Wednesday. Gov.