The Math Of Coffee And Clogging
Dancing is hard, especially if you have trouble with counting past four. Bill Lynch continues to explore clogging in this next installment of "Lore."
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Farmington Mine Disaster
April 5, 2010: Explosions Rock the Upper Big Branch Mine
On April 5, 2010, the day after Easter, a series of explosions rocked the Upper Big Branch mine near Montcoal in Raleigh County.Twenty-nine men died,…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCourt Tosses Lawsuit in 1968 Farmington Mine Explosion
A federal appeals court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the families of 78 men who were killed in a 1968 mine explosion in West Virginia.The ruling…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDecember 30, 1969: President Nixon Signs Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
On December 30, 1969, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Since the Monongah mine disaster in Marion…
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…
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Families Hoping for Justice in Suit Over 1968 Mine Disaster
Nearly half a century after an explosion tore through the Farmington No. 9 mine in West Virginia, the families of the 78 men who died there are still…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsU.S. Judge Tosses Suit in 1968 Federal No. 9 Mine Explosion
A federal judge in West Virginia has tossed out a lawsuit filed by relatives of 78 miners killed in a 1968 mine explosion.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…
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