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Woman Dies in West Virginia’s Second Coal Mine Fatality This Year

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern West Virginia coal mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Ashley Cogar, 33, of Erbacon, was injured at the Wyco Surface Mine, …

2nd Worker Trapped in Collapsed Kentucky Coal Structure Has Died

The second of two workers trapped under a coal mine preparation plant that collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky has died, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday. “This is a heartbreaking situation,” the Democratic governor wrote on social media, calling …

Coal Firms Owned by Family of WV Governor Sued Over Unpaid Penalties

Thirteen coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are being sued over unpaid penalties for previous mining law violations that the federal government says pose health and safety risks or threaten environmental harm. Justice, who …