MADISON, W.Va. (WOWK)– As West Virginia celebrates its history and birthday, the town of Madison is celebrating the Mountain State’s strong tradition of coal mining. Just a few miles away from the ...

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 ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — The winner of this year’s West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks among the ruins of a community abandoned 70 years ago and imagines the rusted remains of coal ...

West Virginia football will be honoring the state’s coal mining heritage this week with the program’s second Coal Rush game ...

West Virginia and Wyoming will both ditch their traditional school colors to wear all-black uniforms at their respective college football games this ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. -- Many West Virginians are feeling a renewed sense of hope after President Donald Trump issued new executive orders this month aimed at reviving an energy source that has long ...

FOSTER, West Virginia— Robert Cash, a third-generation coal miner, prays each morning with his fellow miners before going underground for a long shift. In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, ...

For the second month in a row, I find myself writing about a sham press conference held under our golden dome in Charleston.

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — 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 has sent ...