A former strip mine may not seem to be the most likely place to find wildlife. But a new study from biologists at UVA Wise ...

One night last summer, in the coalfields of Virginia, 3-year-old Jeremy Davidson was crushed to death in his bed by a rock that weighed 1,000 pounds. It had been dislodged by a bulldozer at a ...

Strip mining has forever altered the Appalachian landscape by cutting off mountaintops to get at low sulfur deposits more cheaply and safely than underground mining allows. Now, after 20 years of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Noah Adams talked about his book Far Appalachia: Following the New River North, published by Delacorte Press. He discusses how the coal industry and ...

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