"Capturing and repurposing methane from Virginia's active and abandoned mines will have a significant impact in the Commonwealth and across the country," Warner said Wednesday.

Two men were found dead inside an abandoned coal mine Wednesday, deputies said. The bodies of 53-year-old Jerry Orville Jenks, of Paynesville, W.Va., and 49-year-old Jerry Chambers Jr., of Jewell ...

The Biden administration has committed $22 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines in Southwest Virginia, the New River Valley and Central Virginia.

RICHMOND, Va. (WVVA) - Two counties in our area will be seeing funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands. In Tazewell County, $2,000 will be given to the Wolf Creek Resort and Lodge for the acquisition ...

Coal mining sites in Southwest Virginia are being repurposed into places of business, outdoor recreation, entertainment, and greener forms of energy production.

Five projects in Southwest Virginia at former coal mining sites have received millions of dollars in funding. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced on Friday that the projects were receiving ...

The Health Wagon has announced a new Veterinary Clinic and Outreach Center is coming to Wise County. The Health Wagon says it ...

“As we strengthen our commitment to accelerate growth in Southwest Virginia, these important projects bring unique economic opportunities to our coal communities,” Youngkin said in the release.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly $725 million in federal funding is available this fiscal year to 22 states and the Navajo Nation for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines and cleanup of acid mine ...

In the hills of West Virginia, researchers are finding that water pouring out of abandoned coal mines contains the rare earth elements that are so valuable for making everything from electric ...