W.Va. Music Hall Of Fame 2023 Inductees Cover Genre Spectrum
Ranging from pine fiddles to P-funk, this is an eclectic group of Mountain State musicians.
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May 12, 1942: Mine Explosion Kills 56 in Osage
On May 12, 1942, a worker in the Christopher No. 3 mine at Osage—just outside Morgantown—left a ventilation door open, and methane accumulated in a dusty…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsApril 28, 1913: Peace Returns to West Virginia Coalfields
On April 28, 1913, coal operators and United Mine Workers of America accepted a new contract ending the yearlong Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike in Kanawha…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFarmington No. 9: The West Virginia Disaster that Changed Coal Mining Forever
In 1969, the world’s attention turned upward to the Moon, as Neil Armstrong took humankind’s first momentous step off Earth onto another world.But that…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRemembering The Farmington Mine Disaster 47 Years Later
Nov. 20 marks the anniversary of the 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster, which killed 78 men. It was the worst U.S. mine disaster in 50 years. On Sunday, a…
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