and the American South to begin work in the coalfields of West Virginia, where mines were opened in remote areas that often lacked existing towns. Coal companies established towns and imposed a ...
Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...
Echoes of the Past' is an article series exploring connections between the WVU sports, the state of West Virginia, and ...
WILLIAMSON, WV (WOWK) – If you travel to the town ... Coal House began as an idea from O.W. Evans, the general superintendent ...
State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice’s family, citing a string of ongoing, unaddressed violations. A coal mine in West Virginia ...
The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and ...
West Virginia’s economy has depended heavily on its mineral resources, and declining coal production in recent years has hurt the state economically. Today, mining safety and ecological concerns ...