FirstEnergy wants West Virginia ratepayers to underwrite a 1,200-megawatt, $2.47 billion natural gas plant next door to the Fort Martin Power Station in Monongalia County — inside the same generation corridor as the Harrison Power Station.

A new mural spanning the side of 1910 restaurant in downtown Logan was formally dedicated on Aug. 25, honoring generations of Appalachian coal miners as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The Citizens Coal Council requested an extension of the public comment period, citing concerns that the DEP report and comment opportunity had not been widely publicized.

A former mine foreman at Bailey Mine is suing Consol Energy and its newly-rebranded company claiming he and another supervisor were fired after they raised concerns about safety.

Federal orders requiring a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain operational have become an issue in the state's 4th Congressional District race.

The president of Russia is congratulating the workers and veterans of Russia’s coal industry on Miners’ Day.