It has been 20 years since 13 miners were trapped in the Sago Mine in Upshur County. Of those miners, 12 died in the tragedy.

There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such disaster is the Sago ...

UPSHUR COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of one of the worst mining disasters in the country’s history. On January 2, 2006, an explosion in the Sago Mine in Upshur County ...

The seminal event of Anthracite Heritage Month, otherwise known as January – the Knox Disaster Commemoration – is next Sunday morning, Jan. 21, at the Knox Disaster Monument in front of Baloga Funeral ...

Monsignor John Bendik, left, blesses the Knox Mine Disaster momument outside the Baloga Funeral Home in Port Griffith during a 2015 ceremony. King’s College is set to host a screening of the Knox Mine ...

More than a week after an explosion killed 29 coal miners in West Virginia, officials continue to investigate the cause of the disaster and the emergency response. Gwen Ifill talks to reporter Ed ...

SCRANTON — Fifty-eight years ago, a horrific mine flood in Port Griffith near Pittston devastated the local mining industry, according to experts. Twelve miners were lost on that day in what is known ...

DURANGO, Colorado – The toxic waste gushing from a Colorado mine and threatening downstream water supplies in at least three states will continue to be dangerous whenever contaminated sediments get ...

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the explosion which ended up claiming 12 lives at the Sago Mine in Upshur County ...