Jan. 5, 2006— -- Out of one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the world have come generations of powerful stories, almost all hinging on life and death and the suspense of waiting. "You ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 19 (UPI) --A coal miner in West Virginia has died, the latest mining fatality in the state following the flooding death of a ...

A West Virginia coal miner was found dead inside a flooded mine on Thursday morning after a desperate five-day search, officials said. Steven Lipscomb, a 42-year-old Elkview native, died in Rolling ...

Virginia and Tennessee had one death each, among the 19 miners killed on the job in U.S. coal mines, preliminary federal figures show. West Virginia led the nation in coal deaths in 2012, accounting ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State mining officials are citing Patriot Coal for serious violations during a severe coal burst that killed two miners in May. The enforcement action by the state Office of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia native who was part of the rescue attempt at the Rolling Thunder mine in Nicholas County last year said it was the first time that kind of search had ever been ...

(AP) - Crews desperately continued removing massive amounts of water in an effort to locate a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine in West Virginia as the work entered a fifth day Wednesday. Gov.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two companies have been cited by West Virginia regulators in separate fatal mine accidents. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and ...

DRENNEN, W.Va. (AP) — Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an ...