Massey Energy News

A foreman at Massey Energy's Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine will pay a $1,000 criminal fine after he admitted that he didn't conduct required evacuation drills prior to the January 2006 fire that killed two miners.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a federal judge in Charleston was right in ordering a Massey Energy subsidiary to offer jobs to union workers at a Kanawha mine.

Massey Energy -- the largest coal producer in central Appalachia and a major mountaintop removal operator -- must rehire 85 union miners who lost their jobs after the company took over a West Virginia mine in 2004.

A headline in Friday's Gazette incorrectly described the status of litigation over Massey Energy's purchase of the former Cannelton Industries mining operations.

The Mountain Keepers Music Festival took place this place this July 4th weekend at a park on Kayford Mountain in West Virginia, an event organized by the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation in solidarity against mountaintop removal mining.

Thirty-one protesters and one coal miner were placed under arrest June 23 during an anti-mountaintop mining protest at a Massey Energy site on the border of Boone and Raleigh counties.

RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire union miners at a West Virginia mine.

Eighty-five members of the United Mine Workers Union are closer to getting their union jobs back at a mine in eastern Kanawha County now owned by Massey Energy.

With the big coal producers, such as Arch Coal and Peabody Energy , finding their stock prices near their 52-week lows , it might make investors wonder whether there's something wrong with these companies, the industry, or if it's a buying opportunity.

Based on percentage change, here is the performance of the 20 stocks in the Times-Dispatch Richmond Index, which rose 7.61 percent from March 31 through June 30.

Huntington Outdoor Theater is revving up for its 16th season with a production of "All Shook Up." The show features the music of Elvis Presley and tells how the people of a sleepy 1950's town change when a charismatic young "roustabout" rides into their lives.

The S&P 500 hit a recent peak on June 12, 2009, and debate continues within the investment community over whether the market is in a bear market rally , or at the start of a new bull market.

Growing an economy uses addition and multiplication. And it feels like that's a set of flash cards no one in the White House or chained to a Caterpillar dozer ever spent much time learning.

Massey Energy chief Don Blankenship is twittering. Blankenship recently started using the popular online social networking tool Twitter.

Debate Cancelled>>> A proposed debate between NASA Climate Scientist Dr. James Hansen and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship that was to take place this evening and air on West Media Stations around the state has been canceled.

Debate Invitation>>> West Virginia Media has invited Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and NASA climate scientist Dr.

A national court advocacy group wants U.S. Senators to grill Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her views on judicial impartiality and recusal during the confirmation process.

Debate Invitation>>> West Virginia Media has invited Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and NASA climate scientist Dr.

Ken Hechler, 94, the former West Virginia Congressman who wrote 'The Bridge at Remagen,' which was made into a film in 1969, joined activist actress, Darryl Hannah, known for her breakthrough role in 'Spash' and most recently the 'Kill Bill' series in a would-be peaceful protest Tuesday, June 23, 2009 against mountain top removal.

Melissa Oa Neil began her day knowing that it was likely she would end up in jail.