CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...

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The body of a coal miner has been found six days after he got trapped underground in complete darkness in a flooded mine. The desperate search for foreman Steven Lipscomb began Saturday in southern ...

A massive search operation continued Wednesday in West Virginia, where officials said crews were "working around the clock" and continuing "aggressive" efforts to locate a missing coal miner who ...

Rescue crews recovered the body of a “heroic” West Virginia coal miner who was trapped in a set of flooded mines for four days, officials announced on Thursday. Steven Lipscomb, a 42-year-old married ...

SWISS, W.Va. — The search of a flooded coal mine for a missing miner in Nicholas County is a painfully slow process. The work continues with a number of operations underway at Alpha Metallurgical’s ...

DRENNEN, W.Va.(AP) — Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an ...