W.Va. Photographer Joins Team USA For International Competition
A Charleston-based photographer is in Iceland this week taking part in the 2026 World Photographic Cup international photography competition.
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Owner of 18 W.Va. Mines, Alpha Closes Last Kentucky Mine
An Alpha Natural Resources spokesman says the company plans to lay off 117 people when it shuts down a Kentucky coal mine in November.Spokesman Steve…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAlpha Natural Resources Announces Layoffs Just Before the Holidays
Alpha Natural Resources continues to scale back its coal-mining operations.Workers were told Friday at mines in West Virginia and Virginia that they were…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAlpha to Idle Two Southern West Virginia Mines, Lay Off 92
Alpha Natural Resources plans to idle two coal mines in southern West Virginia and lay off 92 workers at the end of November.The Register-Herald reports…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFormer Coal Miner Releases New Book: Unfit to Be a Slave
It’s well known throughout circles in West Virginia that the state’s public education system lags behind nationally, ranking 48th, according to the US…
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The Front Porch: Working Class Men Can't Find Work
Increasingly, working class men in Appalachia can't find work.Central Appalachia has seen thousands of layoffs in the coal industry this decade. More and…
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