“The U.S. Senate did a great service to our nation by rejecting this radical attack on West Virginia coal jobs,” Morrisey said.

Eagle Specialty Materials has closed its deal to assume ownership of the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr coal mines in Campbell County, Wyoming and could be days away from hiring back some of the nearly 600 employees who have been out work since July 1.

President Trump is nominating Dan Brouillette to be the top official at the Energy Department, replacing Rick Perry, and the department said it would not comply with a congressional subpoena for records about Perry’s contacts with officials in Ukraine.

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and other senators called upon Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to put legislation up for a vote to protect the pensions of 1.5 million retired miners.

Injuries and deaths caused by roof collapses and falling debris, common culprits for underground mine accidents, could be prevented by the unlikely force of robots and drones, thanks to the work of West Virginia University engineers.

A memorial pit wheel has been dedicated to the miners that used to work in a West Yorkshire, England pit.