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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Motion Seeks to Erase Ex-Massey CEO Blankenship's Conviction
Attorneys for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship are seeking to erase his misdemeanor conviction related to the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUBB Sister: 'I Want to Remember My Brother, Not Just the Coal Miner'
On April 5, 2010, Howard "Boone" Payne went to work at the Upper Big Branch mine just as he had for years. He and 28 other men made their way miles…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsACLU Brief Backs Media Challenge of WV Gag Order
The ACLU is supporting news organizations challenging a gag order in an ex-coal executive's criminal case.In a brief supporting the motion, the American…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUBB Families: "We Want Answers"
Family and friends of the 29 miners killed in the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion in 2010 gathered in front of the federal courthouse in Charleston…
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Subjects in UBB Film Work to Separate from Don Blankenship
Families of the victims are bracing for another anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Disaster; an explosion that ripped so violently through an underground…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMine Commission Upholds MSHA Citations after Sago
A federal commission found that a mine operator’s failure to notify MSHA and mine rescue teams immediately after an explosion in 2006 was inexcusable. .…
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