The Sago Mine disaster served as a catalyst for mine safety law changes, but its unclear if some changes will survive budget cuts by the current administration.

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It was this date in 1951 a gas explosion in a coal mine in Kermit, West Virginia killed 11 miners, injured two others.

(AP) - Crews desperately continued removing massive amounts of water in an effort to locate a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine in West Virginia as the work entered a fifth day Wednesday. Gov.

A massive search operation continued Wednesday in West Virginia, where officials said crews were "working around the clock" and continuing "aggressive" efforts to locate a missing coal miner who ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...