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Raleigh County-based Coal River Mountain Watch has urged the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to step in to address Lexington Coal Company's ballooning delinquent state environmental penalty debt. The group says the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has failed to effectively enforce Lexington compliance.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner died Thursday after being injured while operating an excavator at a southern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said.
A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Thursday morning, according to Governor Jim Justice.
A coal miner was fatally injured in Wyoming County this morning.
PINEVILLE, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia's first coal mining fatality of 2024 occurred Thursday morning in Wyoming County.