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WVOW News MATEWAN The Matewan Massacre Drama will take place this Saturday. The event is part of the Matewan Heritage Day. The drama brings to life the shootout out between Baldwin-Felts agents and striking coal miners attempting to unionize. Director of the drama, Donna Paterino says the drama re enactment has been running for more than two decades. “The Matewan Massacre Reenactment group has been together for 23 years and we missed the one year due to COVID but this make 22 years,” Patte...

CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

“The best time in my life was at Rule High,” said a former cheerleader. But "I would rather see it torn down than it just decay," said another.

From the 1900’s to the 1930’s, armed conflicts between corporations and workers erupted across several states that became known as the “Coal Wars.” The most famous battle of the Coal Wars occurred in Logan County, West Virginia in 1921. It was called the Battle of Blair Mountain. It started with a simple spark, as most […]

From Alabama miners on strike to Amazon and Starbucks workers fighting to unionize, the fight for labor rights is alive as ever.

West Virginia's Blair Mountain Was the Site of the Largest Armed Labor Uprising by Coal Miners. It's Finally Getting the Remembrance It Deserves.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The Mine WarsSunday, July 31, 20226:00-8:00 p.m. on WOUBThe Bitter Battle Fought By a “People Made of Steel”At the dawn of the 20th century, coal was the fuel that powe

CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.