Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ago and were then abandoned, will now be restored through two state grants ...

The following projects received a total of $8.1 million in highly competitive state grant funds: Woodlands for Wildlife — ...

The 1976 Scotia disasters in Letcher County transformed U.S. mine rules. Fifty years later, the rescuers were honored.

Scientists have developed a methodology to convert America's half a million abandoned coal mines into long-term pumped hydro energy storage facilities, offering solutions for environmental cleanup, ...

As Congressman of the Ninth District of Virginia, I am often invited to attend events at the White House, particularly on issues I am fighting for. In 2025, I attended ...

Something remarkable is happening across a stretch of American geography that most people had quietly written off. The cities that once powered the world with steel, rubber, and automobiles - Detroit, ...

The company said the fluid is nontoxic and that it’s monitored for surface water contamination, but hasn’t found any.

Some counties in Southwest Virginia, beset with population losses and high unemployment rates, have looked toward the data center boom in Northern Virginia and wondered how they can attract at least a ...

ORNL develops advanced modeling tools to repurpose abandoned coal mines for underground pumped storage hydropower.

Money needed to improve the lives of people in communities like McDowell County, WV, is small fraction of what is being spent to appease the wealthy.

In February 2026, a historic structure in Fayetteville, West Virginia, the Tunney Hunsaker Bridge, also known as the Fayette Station Bridge, had a new deck replaced by a specialized state Division of ...