W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMiners are suffering from an advanced version of black lung disease known as progressive massive fibrosis. It’s the result of digging at increasingly thin coal seams. That means they’re also cutting into quartz, which creates silica dust. Advanced black lung results from breathing in that blend of silica and coal dust.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA draft rule to protect coal miners from exposure to silica dust garnered more than 5,200 comments from advocates and the American public.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe first female coal miner in America wasn’t legally hired until 1973. At that time, women made 57 cents to a dollar earned by men. The American labor force has come a long way since then but still has a ways to go to reach equality, especially for women of color. In 2020, women earned 82.3% of men’s annual salary.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA photography project called “America’s Coal Miners” was recently donated to the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. The project includes life-size images of West Virginia coal miners in high quality photographs.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA coal miner died Wednesday in a workplace accident in northern West Virginia, the governor's office said.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAuthorities say a coal miner has been killed at an underground mine in northern West Virginia.The West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and…
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