The Nature's Wonderland ecotourism site on an abandoned mine land that is now home to Elk and has several trails throughout. (Photo by Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) Southwest Virginia has been ...

The Biden administration has committed $22 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines in Southwest Virginia, the New River Valley and Central Virginia. The investment, announced last week, builds on ...

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Two people were found dead inside an abandoned coal mine in Buchanan County, according to authorities. The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office said the bodies of Jerry ...

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using "gravity batteries ...

At first, four people were trapped inside. But one of them, Eddie Williams, managed to get out Monday and told the authorities that Kayla Williams, 25, Erica Treadway ...