Pressure has mounted on rescue crews at a Mexican coal mine to make bold moves to save 10 trapped miners. The tension surrounding the scenario is a familiar one for […]
Tag: coal miner
Free black lung screenings for coal miners today-Wednesday at Mylan Park
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer free, confidential black lung screenings to coal miners from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. today and Wednesday through its mobile testing […]
Arthurdale Heritage hosting FODC exhibit
‘Richard Mine’ focuses on source of orange sediment Newsroom@DominionPost.com Arthurdale Heritage will host a special exhibit “The Richard Mine” today through Dec. 18, focusing on the source and cause of […]
UMWA doesn’t always represent miners’ values
GRAYSVILLE, Pennsylvania – When coal mine employee John Morecraft heard last Monday that United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts approved of President Joe Biden’s plan to move the […]
Frying Up for Funding
WVU Today The first livestreamed Bob Huggins Fish Fry raised $500,000 to benefit the Norma Mae Huggins Endowment at the WVU Cancer Institute and the Remember the Miners organization. The […]
‘That’s just a special human being’: Bob Huggins Fish Fry to feature art from former coal miner
MORGANTOWN—Despite living much of his life on the other side of the U.S., Thomas Elmo Williams has never forgotten his Appalachian roots. “I paint what I know, which is working-class […]
