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 ...

McDowell County, West Virginia’s southernmost county, has seen a dramatic decline in population as a consequence of the collapse of the mining workforce. At its peak, McDowell was home to more ...

At least, that's the image that locals of Welch, West Virginia, are trying to change. On the surface, Welch could sound like any number of former mining towns dotting Appalachia, a region sadly ...

The Trump administration plans to roll back a rule West Virginia environmental advocates have used to report concerns about ...

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 clip of Anthony performing "Rich Men North of Richmond" in southern West Virginia surfaced on New Year's Eve. The tune, which touches on issues such as poverty, hunger and political inequality ...

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 ...

An electric vehicle broke down in West Virginia on Friday, but a group of coal miners were quick to help out. The EV broke down along Corridor H in Tucker County as the driver was headed to Davis ...

Coal miners lose free black lung screenings after Trump's NIOSH cuts 03:19. Morgantown, West Virginia — In West Virginia's coal country, Marion Tennant says he was destined to work in the mines.

Ruins of an abandoned mine in Havaco, W.Va., near where more than 80 West Virginia coal miners who died in a mining disaster in 1912 are buried, is seen in June.

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 ...

WELCH, W.Va. (WCHS) — 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 ...