Environmentalists in West Virginia are speaking out after an appropriations bill passed the U.S. Senate on Friday that strips ...

The House passed a bill to repurpose $500 million meant for cleaning up coal country’s environmental and safety hazards.

When retired coal miner Phillip Johnson bought a small building several years ago, he had someone he knew with a bulldozer haul it to a secluded hollow in the steep mountains above where he’d grown up ...

A long-abandoned coal mine in Tablertown has polluted nearby waterways for decades. A recent land purchase and nearly $1 ...

Trump directed federal agencies to lift Obama-era limits on coal mining, leasing, and exports. He instructed the Interior ...

A 1.4 million-square-foot logistics park is one step closer to materializing in Mayfield and Archbald. Mayfield Borough Council voted Wednesday to put a comprehensive mine reclamation project out to ...

January 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, a tradition partly rooted in annual ...

BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-123) visited the site of an ongoing abandoned mine land reclamation project near Branchdale on Friday. The project, spearheaded by ...

In 2023, dirty mine water gushed out of the ground behind James Christian's home, flooding his yard in Wyoming County, West Virginia. Sinkholes formed, a strong sulfur-like odor lingered in the air ...

In approving the $23 million reclamation plan last month, Mine Inspector Joe Hart turned down requests from about 25 neighbors of the proposed mine in the Santa Rita Mountains to have a hearing for ...

On the lookout for crayfish, salamanders and insects of all sorts, a team from the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR) performs a biological assessment in June as ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The federal government has authorized a nearly 1,900-acre expansion of the mine that supplies ...