WELCH, West Virginia – In southern West Virginia, in the heart of the mountains, is God and coal country. “You’re deep in Appalachian Mountains here,” said Jay Chatman, a longtime resident ...

Coal miners head to court over Trump cuts to black lung screening staff Roughly two-thirds of the staff that provides free examinations for the deadly disease, which one study says affects 1 in 5 ...

Culture and commerce flourished, making coal towns such as Welch and Williamson—both strongholds of the United Mine Workers of America—centers of social life for the working class.

From "Coal Town" to "Cool Town," this West Virginia city is working to revitalize itself into a top destination for historical charm and outdoor adventures.

Coal industry officials said more than a thousand miners’ jobs are at risk this summer as demand for West Virginia’s steel-making coal tanks overseas.Civil LLC ...

A group of coal miners in West Virginia carried out an ironic rescue, helping to push a broken-down electric car to a charging station at the coal mine ...

A group of coal miners recently helped push a dead electric vehicle to a charging station in West Virginia.

Coal miners lose free black lung screenings after Trump's NIOSH cuts Morgantown, West Virginia — In West Virginia's coal country, Marion Tennant says he was destined to work in the mines.

An Appalachian singer-songwriter was featured in a unique West Virginia location on the annual "New Year's Rockin' Eve" television program Tuesday night. Oliver Anthony was filmed on a ...

He died young of the black lung. Coal mining is important to this area, and coal mining is what took care of my mother when my father passed.” Everyone in Welch is connected through coal somehow.