Wellmore Energy Co., a metallurgical coal mining company, plans to lay off 72 workers in Buchanan County, according to notices sent to the state in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nature's Wonderland ecotourism site on an abandoned mine land that is now home to Elk and has several trails throughout.

RICHMOND — Five proposed projects in former Southwest Virginia coal mining spots are being vetted to receive federal funding. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement selected the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John E. Amos Power Plant, seen in June 2013, is a coal-fired plant owned and operated by Appalachian Power, a subsidiary of ...

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 ...