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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Feb. 20, 2025

Groups Sue Corps Of Engineers Over Raleigh County Mine Permit

A consortium of environmental groups filed a lawsuit this week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, challenging a permit issued to Alpha Metallurgical Resources by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jan. 30, 2025

State Reports First Coal Mine Fatality Of 2025, In Boone County

Gov. Patrick Morrisey said late Wednesday that 55-year-old Stephen Fields of Chauncey died of his injuries at the Twilight surface mine.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jan. 14, 2025

Feds Give Notice To WVDEP On Surface Mine In Greenbrier County

The federal agency gave the DEP 10 days to respond with its plan to correct the various violations the federal agency believes have occurred at the Rocky Run Surface Mine.

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Government Curtis Tate, Jul. 30, 2024

MSHA Report: Mine Worker Was Struck By A Front-End Loader

Ashley Cogar, a 34-year-old truck driver, was struck by the bucket of a front-end loader on July 12. Cogar later died of her injuries.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, May. 16, 2024

1st W.Va. Miner Is Killed On The Job This Year In Wyoming County

Virgil Paynter, of Lynco, was fatally injured while operating an excavator at the CM Energy Operations surface mine, Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday.

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Energy & Environment Briana Heaney, Sep. 13, 2023

Historic Floods Leave Rural Community With Questions

Moments after she ended the call the river had breached its five-foot banks. She looked up stream and saw waves of turbulent water coming towards her. "It literally looked like the dam opened," Anna Goodnight said.

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