West Virginia football will be honoring the state’s coal mining heritage this week with the program’s second Coal Rush game ...

The Nature's Wonderland ecotourism site on an abandoned mine land that is now home to Elk and has several trails throughout. (Photo by Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) Southwest Virginia has been ...

While West Virginia fans may be ready to full turn the page to basketball season, there’s still football to be played and ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia football is holding it’s annual Coal Rush game this week, with all fans in attendance for ...

Southwest Virginia officials say President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at revitalizing the United States’ struggling coal industry will be a boon to the region. This spring, Trump signed the ...

Coal mining is alluring for many in rural West Virginia, not for money alone. GLEN DANIEL, W.Va., April 7, 2010— -- Charlie Athey sobbed Tuesday night as he stood before friends and family at a ...

By Richard J. Callahan, Jr. for The Conversation. Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for The Conversation-Public News Service Collaboration In October 2025, ...

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits ...

FOSTER, West Virginia— Robert Cash, a third-generation coal miner, prays each morning with his fellow miners before going underground for a long shift. In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, ...

For the second month in a row, I find myself writing about a sham press conference held under our golden dome in Charleston.

The Big 12 Conference has announced that WVU’s Oct. 25 Homecoming football game against TCU will be the “Coal Rush” game. It will be televised on ESPN+ at 6 p.m., ET.