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2 Miners With Black Lung Sue Alpha Metallurgical Resources
The miners, Joshua Cochran, 45, and Shawn Turley, 53, worked in Massey and Alpha mines for more than two decades. Both have developed complicated black lung.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBeckley Ceremony To Mark 15 Years Since Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion
On April 5, 2010, 29 coal miners were killed at the Upper Big Branch mine in the deadliest mine explosion in decades.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDon Blankenship, Now A Democrat, Files To Run For U.S. Senate
Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy, was convicted of violating federal mine safety law in a 2016 trial. Twenty-nine miners at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine were killed in 2010.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJustice Hears From 2016 Rival In Lawsuit Against Carter Bank
Booth Goodwin, the former federal prosecutor and a Democrat who lost to Justice in the 2016 primary for governor, represents Carter.
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April 5 Marks 13th Anniversary Of Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
Wednesday, April 5, marked the 13th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. It was thirteen years ago when an explosion 1,000 feet underground killed 29 miners at Massey Energy’s Uppe...
Continue Reading Take Me to More News12 Years Later, Upper Big Branch Families Remember The 29 Miners Lost
A ceremony was held at noon at the memorial in Raleigh County to the 29 mine workers who lost their lives on April 5, 2010.
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