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Region's black lung clinics see shift in victims' ages | Appalachian Highlands

Across far Southwest Virginia’s two U.S. Department of Labor-certified black lung clinics, administrators agree that a growing share of the miners coming in for exams and testing for the black lung application process are getting younger. ....

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Brock: Griffith is missing an opportunity to show he cares about the coal miners who elected him

I’ve lived in Southwest Virginia all my life, and I started working in the coal mines as a teenager. When I was 45, after decades of working for Westmoreland Coal, ....

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Appalachian Voices: Advocates Applaud Introduction of Rep. Scott & Adams' 10-Year Extension of Excise Tax for Black Lung Disability Trust Fund

This is a welcome development for miners with black lung disease and their families who rely on the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund for a small monthly living stipend and health insurance. On Jan. 1, 2022, the excise tax rate was cut by more than half after Congress failed to pass a four-year extension in the Build Back Better Act, and the trust fund is now losing. ....

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Wildcats in the Appalachian coal fields - William Cleaver

William Cleaver on the often unofficial strikes of miners in the mid to late 20th century. ....

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