CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A new documentary produced by WCHS-TV aims to explore the Coal Mine Wars, with a focus on the Battle of Blair Mountain. The first part of the documentary aired Wednesday night on ...

MATEWAN, W.Va. — In August 1921, an estimated 10,000 union coal miners clashed with anti-union figures in Logan County, sparking the largest armed insurrection in U.S. history outside the Civil War ...

Whitewater rafting along the rapids of West Virginia's New River is fueling the revival of a region that once roared to the rhythm of coal cars. Larry Nibert, a rafting guide and descendant of coal ...

The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey ...

These are the real heroes we should look up to. As a West Virginia native, I grew up around coal mining. I still remember when my grandparents had a coal house in their garage, and seeing my grandpa ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State leaders reacted Thursday to the news of the death of coal miner Steve Lipscomb. Lipscomb, 42, of Elkview, a shift foreman, died in the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas County ...

West Virginia's governor says the search for a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine remains a rescue operation ...

Local, state and federal agencies are searching for a missing coal miner who became trapped inside a flooded mine on Saturday in West Virginia.

The Rolling Thunder coal mine near Swiss, in Nicholas County, West Virginia, is seen in this aerial photo on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Sean McCallister/Charleston ...

For just the second time in program history, the West Virginia Mountaineers will be wearing all black uniforms, paying homage to the state's coal mining industry and all of the hard-working folks who ...