Exactly 20 years ago on Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion tore through the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, trapping 13 coal miners ...

It has been 20 years since 13 miners were trapped in the Sago Mine in Upshur County. Of those miners, 12 died in the tragedy.

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 ...

Rescue crews recovered the body of a “heroic” West Virginia coal miner who was trapped in a set of flooded mines for four days, officials announced on Thursday. Steven Lipscomb, a 42-year-old married ...

A massive search operation continued Wednesday in West Virginia, where officials said crews were "working around the clock" and continuing "aggressive" efforts to locate a missing coal miner who ...

(NICHOLAS COUNTY, W. Va.) -- A missing miner trapped in a flooded West Virginia coal mine for nearly a week has been found dead, according to West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey. "At approximately ...

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 ...