Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amy Burt McBrayer, a Damascus native, stands in front of a haul truck tire at the Hobet mine in Madison, W.Va., where she interned ...

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Progress to build a Miners Memorial Wall in Beckley was announced Wednesday during the city’s annual remembrance ceremony for the 29 lives lost in the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster.

RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Wednesday, April 5 marks 13 years since the Upper Big Branch (UBB) disaster, one of the deadliest mining accidents in U.S. history. On this day in 2010, 29 men died in a ...

BRENTON, W.Va. (WVVA) - A new mining operation has started in Wyoming County. Knoxville-based Clinch Resources began ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! President Obama delivered the eulogy at a memorial service for the 29 coal miners killed in an explosion that occurred on April 5, 2010, in the Upper ...

A former West Branch valedictorian is excelling in a industry dominated by men. Amy Burt McBrayer, 34, a 2008 graduate of West Branch High School, is a mining engineer who now teaches at West Virginia ...

Amy McBrayer, 34, the daughter of Lloyd and Paula Burt, is a 2008 graduate of West Branch High School. She is a mining engineer teaching at West Virginia University. A former West Branch valedictorian ...