and the American South to begin work in the coalfields of West Virginia, where mines were opened in remote areas that often lacked existing towns. Coal companies established towns and imposed a ...

West Virginia coal operators built small, company-owned towns for their miners to live in. The coal towns were almost always unincorporated; there were no elected officials, no independent police ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice's family, citing a ...

An almost 600-acre mountaintop removal coal mine operated by the Justice family was suspended by the West Virginia Department ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — The City of Beckley’s annual Coal Town ... Southern West Virginia. How much creamer is too much in your cup of coffee? The ice rink at the Exhibition Coal Mine is open ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to streamline the process for coal mining permits. U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., joined U.S. Rep.

A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to streamline the process for coal mining permits.