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Coal City Trustees Approved $234,000 Bid To D. Construction For Ditch Cleaning Project
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (141+ words) The Village of Coal City is moving forward with plans to clean a stormwater ditch along the community’s bike path. The ditch runs adjacent to the bike path from the BNSF Railway on the south end to McArdle Road near…...
WBEC-West to Induct Virginia Zuber, Co-Founder of Diamond Underground Construction Corporation, into Milestones to Millions
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (58+ words) WBEC-West to Induct Virginia Zuber, Co-Founder of Diamond openPR.com WBEC-West to Induct Virginia Zuber, Co-Founder of Diamond Underground Construction Corporation, into Milestones to Millions Press release from: Getnews Permanent link to this press release: You can edit or delete…...
UMWA looks beyond coal to grow membership while keeping West Virginia roots
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (262+ words) RACINE, W.Va. (WCHS) — The United Mine Workers of America has long been closely tied to West Virginia’s coalfields, but union leaders said the organization is working to grow as the industry changes. UMWA Secretary-Treasurer Michael Phillippi said the union represents…...
In 1928, Henry Ford tried to revolutionise coal mining in a remote West Virginia town; 70 years later the abandoned mine became a national park site
1+ week, 2+ day ago (619+ words) Hidden deep in a West Virginia gorge is an abandoned coal town with a surprising connection to Henry Ford. Nuttallburg was once a thriving mining community, its fortunes built on the rich coal and the railway that carried the fuel…...
Statehouse beat: 'Friends of coal' aren't friends of miners
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1465+ words) “You ain’t men to that coal company. You’re equipment, like a shovel, a gondola car, or a hunk of wood brace. They’ll use you ‘til you wear out or you break down, or you’re buried under a slate fall, and…...
Dozens of West Virginia miners to lose jobs when Boone County site closes in October
2+ week, 4+ day ago (266+ words) Robert Fields | WVOW News ASHFORD More than 70 Boone County coal miners are losing their jobs following the closure of Eagle Horizon Resources' Boone North No. 2 Surface Coal Mine in Ashford. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN notice, shared…...
$1.07M secured to address drainage from abandoned Biddle Mine in Westmoreland County
2+ week, 4+ day ago (153+ words) Congresswoman Summer Lee presented Westmoreland County leaders with a ceremonial check for $1.07 million Tuesday in Irwin and North Huntingdon. The federal funding is designated to treat drainage from the abandoned Biddle Mine and restore the Turtle Creek watershed. The money…...
More than 70 workers to lose jobs as southern West Virginia coal mine closes
2+ week, 5+ day ago (162+ words) BOONE COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – More than 70 workers are set to lose their jobs following the closure of a Boone County coal mine. Eagle Horizon Resources, LLC announced in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice that it will close…...
The West Virginia Miners Whose Stories Build a Museum
2+ week, 5+ day ago (660+ words) One of its founders? A miner himself. Steele’s father, Alfred, died of black lung on his 71st birthday, just five years into his retirement after working 45 years in the mines. He spent his final two months on a respirator. “It's like…...
Virginia Tech part of federal push to expand mining workforce
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (717+ words) BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech is one of 14 universities at the forefront of a federal push to expand domestic mining and mineral operations following a $100 million educational investment announced in early August. On Aug. 7, the White House announced the investment in mining…...