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 tipples and processing ...

President Donald Trump's administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry.Trump issued executive orders this mont ...

President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at boosting coal are getting a warm embrace in West Virginia. But there's plenty of skepticism, too. Trump's push would allow mining on federal land and ...

designating coal as a “mineral” and directing federal agencies to prioritise coal mining and leasing on federal lands. Executive Order 14241 forms part of a broader push by Trump to achieve ...