Sago News

There are those who came before us who lost their lives. They didn't know when they went into the mine that day that something would happen - a spark, an explosion, a fire.

A string of recent ATV and dirt bike thefts throughout Upshur County resulted in the arrest of one man and a pending arrest of another.

Carbonoks, maker of mine rescue shelters, is operating at full-bore. Story By Cynthia McCloud Carbonoks, maker of mine rescue shelters, is operating at full-bore. This summer the company has cleared government hurdles, expanded into another country and decided to add a handful of more employees.

"The Station" will open at 11:00 Monday morning. The restaurant will serve center cut steaks and fresh seafood from Maryland.

Click here to read the judge's ruling. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal judge has thrown out two of five citations that alleged International Coal Group did not have required lightning protections on electrical equipment at the Sago Mine prior to the January 2006 disaster that killed 12 miners.

Members of the Buckhannon Rotary Club welcomed special guest speaker First Lady Gayle Manchin Tuesday during their annual dinner and induction ceremony at the Riverbend Golf Club.

West Virginia coal miners are the focus of the photography exhibit now on display at the Cultural Center in West Virginia's Capitol City.

More than 100 people attended a public meeting Tuesday at Buckhannon-Upshur High School on the proposed Potomac-Allegheny Transmission Highline route that cuts through the center of Upshur County.

A Putnam County company will ship its first underground mine rescue chamber to a mine in Norton, Virginia on Monday.