West Virginia Public Service Commission Chairman Charlotte Lane clung to a pro-coal energy outlook in testimony before the state Joint Energy and Public Works Committee during a Dec. 8, 2025 meeting ...

DRENNEN, W.Va. — A preliminary report from the federal Mine Safety Health and Administration says Nicholas County coal miner Steve Lipscomb died a few minutes after the Rolling Thunder Mine was ...

Three members of the Whittaker family, long known as America’s most inbred household, were quietly removed from their isolated home in Odd, West Virginia, after years of viral scrutiny. Relatives say ...

Rescue crews recovered the body of a “heroic” West Virginia coal miner who was trapped in a set of flooded mines for four days, officials announced on Thursday. Steven Lipscomb, a 42-year-old married ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...

The body of Steve Lipscomb, a 38-year-old father and veteran coal miner, who had been trapped underground in the Rolling Thunder Mine in West Virginia for five days, was recovered Thursday morning, ...

NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) The foreman of a mine has been found dead after becoming trapped in a flooded West Virginia site over the weekend. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) said the body ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West ...