Celebrating A New Pope And The Taste Of Mothman, This West Virginia Week
A new pope, a new effort to save pets in the Mountain State and a new potato chip -- a lot to report on this West Virginia Week.
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Blankenship on Trial
Big Branch 14th Anniversary: Former WVPB Reporter Recounts Covering The Blankenship Trial
The Upper Big Branch Mining Disaster, which caused the death of 29 miners, happened 14 years ago today. Briana Heaney sat down with Ashton Marra, who worked for WVPB and covered the consequential trial of Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, the company that owned the mine.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSupreme Court Upholds Conviction Of Former Coal CEO Don Blankenship
The Supreme Court says it won’t review the conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who was convicted of conspiring to violate safety standards at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine before the 2010 explosion that killed 29 men.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMotion Seeks to Erase Ex-Massey CEO Blankenship's Conviction
Attorneys for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship are seeking to erase his misdemeanor conviction related to the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEx-Massey CEO Blankenship Claims Trial Documents Withheld
Convicted former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship claims documents that would have assisted his defense weren't made available to his attorneys before…
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Appeals Court Won't Rehear Coal CEO Appeal in Deadly Blast
A federal appeals court has refused to rehear the case of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship in the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades.The…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEx-Coal CEO Argues He's Wrongly Imprisoned
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was wrongly convicted and sent to prison because jury instructions made it too easy to conclude that he willfully…
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