06/23/11 Deborah Tracy remembers when she started her pain management practice in 1988, she saw maybe one patient a year who was 90 years of age or older.
06/22/11 High demand for coal in China is fueling record shipments from the Port of Baltimore. But across the state in Western Maryland, the mines are not seeing the same benefits.
06/22/11 Coal Gas Recovery, LLC , an affiliate of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. , recently received the Southwestern Virginia Technology Council's High Tech Excellence in Green Technology Award.
06/15/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. Marshall University and the University of Kentucky will work together on clinical research targeting cancer, diabetes and other illnesses pervasive in Appalachia. Marshall and UK officials announced the partnership Tuesday. The University of Kentucky has received a $20 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health for ...
06/15/11 While people in Japan, Canada, and other nations have enjoyed significant gains in life expectancy, most counties within the United States are falling behind, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Researchers found that between 2000 and 2007 more than 80 percent of counties fell in standing against the average of the 10 ...
06/14/11 Maureen McDonell went on a tour of three southwest Virginia wineries Monday Virginia's wine industry has grown remarkably in the past decade and its wines are now featured in restaurants around the world.
06/14/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The State Law Library will host an open house on Friday, June 17, in honor of West Virginia Day. A 35-minute tour of the Capitol Building will start at 9:30 a.m. in the Capitol Rotunda
06/13/11 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. , a leading U.S. coal producer, announced that members of Alpha's management team will provide an overview of Alpha Natural Resources and meet with investors at the Deutsche Bank Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference on Wednesday, June 15, 2011.
06/11/11 Organizers says environmental activists have begun arriving in Blair after a week of walking from the capital in Charleston for a protest against surface mining at the base of Blair Mountain.
06/11/11 TIM HUBER AP Business Writer BLAIR, W.Va. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., country singer Kathy Mattea and more than 1,000 environmental activists, labor union members and Appalachian coalfield residents capped a 50-mile march to the foot of historic Blair Mountain with a rally Saturday against large-scale surface coal mining. Marchers who had set out Monday to walk from Charleston to the mountain fear it ...
06/07/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va.--Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell said Monday it would build a "world-scale" chemical facility in Appalachia to take advantage of the regions massive natural gas reserves. Shell did not say in which Appalachian state it would buil...
06/07/11 Heartwood officials say Southwest Virginia will change the nation's negative perception of Appalachia.
06/07/11 Among the findings of a recent independent investigation into the causes of the deadly Upper Big Branch explosion was a prevalence of black lung disease among the miners killed in the blast.
06/06/11 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced today a Notice of Fundamental Change. ? The details of this fundamental change are as noted below.
06/06/11 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced today a Notice of Make-Whole Applicable Increase. ? The details of this increase are as noted below.
06/06/11 MARMET, W.Va. -- On Monday morning, hundreds of people began a weeklong, 50-mile trek to protest mountaintop removal mining and defend labor rights. Nearly 250 marchers and supporters of the Appalachia Rising March on Blair Mou...
06/06/11 Bread, meat and cheese are the simple ingredients that combine to make something distinctly Appalachian: pepperoni rolls. First conceived in the 1920s as a practical packed lunch for coal miners in West Virginia, pepperoni rolls have become part of...
06/06/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Protesters from around the country began a 50-mile march to Blair Mountain at a baseball field in Marmet on Monday morning.Two coal companies, Alpha Natural Resources and Arch Coal, own much of the mountain. The companies plan to su...
06/01/11 By: Gina Dabaldo A new study has been released by researchers at West Virginia University, to explore the health effects of living near mountaintop removal sites....
06/01/11 Shareholders overwhelmingly approved coal producer Alpha Natural Resources' $7.1 billion takeover of struggling rival Massey Energy Co. on Wednesday, the companies said. WEB EXTRA: Read Full Court Order | 
