Virginia pulmonologist Drew Harris, MD, has spent much of his career treating patients in the coalfields of rural Appalachia. Over that time, the incidence of so-called “black lung disease” — a common ...

A mining company in West Virginia is facing a lawsuit from conservation groups that claim it has violated federal ...

Bluestone Coal Corporation’s Poca surface mine’s mining permit was suspended by the West Virginia Department of Environmental ...

Alberta’s modernized coal rules will permit strip mining and other surface mining techniques in the Rockies and foothills. Scientists and conservationists are skeptical of the government’s claims thes ...

A clip of Anthony performing "Rich Men North of Richmond" in southern West Virginia surfaced on New Year's Eve. The tune, ...

Advocates want federal regulators to shut down what they say is an illegal coal haul road in West Virginia's Monongahela ...

“Given that we are part of Appalachia and Appalachia is in our ... Ramaco Resources, which operates coal mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming, supplies coal to the project and hopes ...

Rep. Darin LaHood wants to address polluting coal sites after legislation dealing with hardrock mines became law.

Caroline Davis, executive director of the Northern Appalachian Coal Mining Heritage Association, said officials created a “winter wonderland mini golf course.” The decorations serve a purpose.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has suspended a mining permit for one of Gov. Jim Justice's coal ...

Dr. James P. “Jim” Dougherty, 74, the founder of the Northern Appalachian Folk Festival passed away peacefully in his home, ...