Providing new details about the final desperate hours of the Sago Mine disaster that left 12 miners dead in West Virginia, a letter sent this week by the sole survivor said that at least four of the ...

** CORRECTS DISTANCE UNDERGROUND ** West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin visits friends and family of the 13 trapped miners Monday evening at Sago Baptist Church in Tallmansville, W.Va. The 13 coal ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After 14 coal mining deaths in three weeks, West Virginia lawmakers passed a bill Monday that would require mines to use electronic devices to track trapped miners and stockpile ...

The mine explosion in West Virginia and the tragic loss of life have shocked those who pay close attention to coal mine safety. Just two weeks... Deadly West Virginia Mine Blast Stuns Experts The mine ...

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. -- The 12 miners who died together beneath the West Virginia hills were remembered Sunday as men who loved their families, God, NASCAR, and a good laugh. "I'm sure there was a prayer ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Reporters who covered the Sago mining disaster in West Virginia the previous month discussed coverage of the story, including the misinformation ...

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) – Some of the 12 coal miners who died in the Sago Mine disaster left farewell notes assuring their loved ones that their final hours trapped underground were not spent in ...

Jan. 5, 2006 — -- Terry Helms, a coal miner for 35 years, was the first body found after West Virginia's Sago Mine explosion. Helms, 50, was located far away from the other miners, nearest to the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- There was no way out and it didn't sound like anyone was coming to help, said the letter a Sago coal miner left in his lunch pail. Holding back tears, Sara Bailey, the daughter of ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The miners union on Thursday blamed last year’s deadly Sago Mine explosion on friction between rocks and a metal roof-support system, rather than lightning. The United Mine Workers ...

As mourners organized a candlelight vigil for the 12 coal miners who died following Monday’s underground explosion, leaders of the company that owns the troubled mine held a press conference and ...