Apr 5 Environment WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary Monday marks 11 years since the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where 29 miners were killed on April 5, 2010. Federal mine safety investigators determined that a buildup of methane gas and coal dust led to the explosion at the Massey Energy-owned mine. It was the worst mine disaster […] By Curtis Tate Apr 5 Environment WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary Curtis Tate
May 9 Environment Former Coal CEO Blankenship To Be Released From Prison Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is scheduled to be released from an Arizona halfway house on Wednesday after serving a year in federal prison. By Ashton Marra, WVPB May 9 Environment Former Coal CEO Blankenship To Be Released From Prison Ashton Marra, WVPB