Twelve West Virginians miners lost their lives 20 years ago today in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s history. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion and collapse in the Sago mines trapped ...

Wilburton marks 100 years since a deadly 1926 coal mine explosion that killed 91 miners, as city leaders and families honor ...

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the explosion which ended up claiming 12 lives at the Sago Mine in Upshur County ...

There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such disaster is the Sago Mine Disaster that occurred on January 2, 2006 at the the Sago Mine in Upshur ...

BARRACKVILLE — When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town's mine disasters in March, Diana Marple thought it would take five years of $1,000 ...

She said: “The miners never had much money and those lads took their wage packets and put them in their pockets and went down ...

SAGO, W.Va (WDTV) - Friday marks 20 years since a mining disaster rocked a small Upshur County community. On January 2nd of ...

SOMA, Turkey — The Turkish government and mining company officials vehemently denied Friday that negligence was at the root of the country’s worst mining disaster even as opposition lawmakers raised ...

A series of events were held Sunday to remember the Knox Mine Disaster — a coal mining accident that happened Jan. 22, 1959 in Jenkins Twp. when the Susquehanna River broke through the mine’s roof.

One of Russia's wealthiest men has been in the spotlight after prosecutors filed a lawsuit demanding around $50 million in compensation for one of the country's worst recent mining disasters. The case ...

It has been 20 years since 13 miners were trapped in the Sago Mine in Upshur County. Of those miners, 12 died in the tragedy. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion rocked the Sago mine, trapping the 13 miners ...