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Remembering the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster 14 years later
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMONTCOAL, WV (WVNS) — One of the most notable things associated with West Virginia is coal mining,...
Sen. Manchin is the last in a line of formidable West Virginia Democrats who promoted coal interests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJoe Manchin’s impending departure from the U.S. Senate marks the end of an era for West Virginia's...
Supreme Court leaves Don Blankenship conviction in place
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Supreme Court says it won't review the conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who was...
Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship couldn't win a Senate seat with the GOP. He's trying now as a Democrat
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFormer West Virginia coal executive Don Blankenship, who lost by a wide margin when he ran for a...
U.S. Supreme Court spurns coal executive's challenge to mine-explosion conviction
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away former Massey Energy Co CEO Donald Blankenship's bid to...
Cumberland Times-News announces top stories of 2022
Cumberland Times News, Md. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 31—CUMBERLAND — West Virginia's largest known deer poaching case that spanned three counties and was tied to investigations in Maryland was the Cumberland Times-News top local news story ...
WV’s Democratic Senate race includes a mayor, a populist and a protester
West Virginia Watch via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoAs election day approaches, voters in the Democratic primary will have the choice between three very...
US Supreme Court turns away challenge to media defamation protections
Reuters via AOL· 8 months ago(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by a prominent former West...
Disgraced coal CEO lost races as GOP and third party candidate. He's trying again as a Democrat
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDon Blankenship hasn't had much success running for office. Blankenship has plenty of baggage...
3 WVa reporters who condemned interview of ex-coal CEO fired
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree reporters from a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper in West Virginia say they have been fired...