These are the real heroes we should look up to. As a West Virginia native, I grew up around coal mining. I still remember when my grandparents had a coal house in their garage, and seeing my grandpa ...

A miner who was trapped by rising flood waters while assisting others to safety on Saturday remains missing as divers and ...

Veteran coal miner and crew leader Steve Lipscomb, 38, was found dead in the Rolling Thunder mine at 7:30am on Thursday, five ...

SWISS, W.Va. — The search of a flooded coal mine for a missing miner in Nicholas County is a painfully slow process.

Coal miners around the country are being asked to take time out on Monday to review safety procedures. Federal regulators called for the safety "stand down" after a deadly series of accidents in West ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...

This story was originally published by AP News. Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory ...

BARRACKVILLE — When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town's mine disasters in March, Diana Marple thought it would take five years of $1,000 ...