Marfork News

Marfork Coal Company has been honored with Massey Energy's Green Miner Award. The Raleigh County operation is an underground mine with an immense coal impoundment.

In three separate direct actions in the West Virginia coalfields yesterday, nonviolent protestors launched the new phase of Operation Appalachian Spring, a growing national campaign to stop mountaintop removal mining and raise awareness of the catastrophic potential of government regulated blasting near a precarious coal sludge impoundment.

At least a dozen people are facing charges after protests separate mine sites in Southern West Virginia on Saturday.

An era when baseball was king at southern West Virginia coal camps will be celebrated this weekend in Beckley.

The trio were charged with trespassing at Marfork Coal Company in Pettus. This protest was the first of a string this year at the site.

Individuals who allege they may be adversely affected by the re-issuance of a Marfork Coal Co.

Mike Roselle made headlines in the '80s and '90s as the founder of Earth First! Other Stories by Gretchen Mae Stone ROCK CREEK -- Just a few months ago, three little coal company houses stood along the Coal ...

A Massey Energy subsidiary is asking the West Virginia Supreme Court to overturn a decision that reinstated a $100,000 fine for failing to report a mine flood to safety officials within 15 minutes.