As efforts from Washington, D.C., to reduce the size of the federal government continue with a sense of urgency that has yielded mixed results, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was right to ...

Here are the 374 hospitals by state with 5-star cleanliness ratings: North Baldwin Infirmary (Bay Minette) St. Vincent’s St. Clair (Pell City) OrthoColorado Hospital at St. Anthony Medical Campus ...

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CHARLESTON —As President Donald Trump signed several executive orders this week meant to bolster America’s struggling coal industry, miners in Central Appalachia who are responsible for ...

Silica dust has replaced coal dust as the silent killer down mineshafts in Appalachia. More miners are developing respiratory illnesses sooner in their careers because they have to cut through ...

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Sam Petsonk grew up around southern West Virginia's mining communities, visiting patients with his father, one of the country's first doctors to specialize in Black Lung Disease. "When I was a child, ...

There’s a humble brick building in Fairmont, West Virginia, that doesn’t look like much from the ... beams – just the essentials needed to produce what generations of coal miners, factory workers, and ...

This program is not only dear to Anita’s heart, but she told 12 News during an interview that it is essential to the health and well-being of West Virginia’s coal miners. “These are men and women who ...

Novelis issued the following statement about the closure: “Novelis is consolidating its U.S. operations and has made the difficult decision to close operations in Fairmont, West Virginia ...