Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Woman dies in West Virginia’s second reported coal mining fatality of 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern West Virginia coal mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Ashley Cogar, 33, of Erbacon, was ...
CBS News

West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH

National Correspondent; Anchor, "CBS Weekend News" Jericka Duncan is a national correspondent and anchor of the "CBS Weekend News." She's based in New York City. Morgantown, West Virginia — In West ...
Southeast Missourian

Appalachia grasps for hope as coal jobs fade

WELCH, W.Va. -- The seams of coal in some of Eddie Asbury's mines in McDowell County are so thin, workers barely can squeeze down them. They enter on carts nearly flat on their backs, the roof ...