ALKOL, W.Va. — A very large piece of equipment that has played a significant role in the West Virginia coal industry in the last three decades will soon be turned off for the final time on top of a ...

JULIAN, W.Va. — West Virginia Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette says the state can build a “world competitive site” for business development at the new Hobet project in Boone County. Burdette joined ...

A 73-year-old man has died after a silo collapsed at the former Hobet mine site. Firefighters said James Simpkins was killed in the collapse, according to the Danville Volunteer Fire Department.

A military training facility is slated soon for the former Hobet mining site in Boone County, according to a release from Gov. Jim Justice's office. It reports that "immediate economic activity" will ...

SPURLOCKVILLE, W.Va. (AP) -- A renewable energy producer wants to develop an electrical generation system that does not require fossil fuels to power the West ...

Forget the back-slapping and rosy words that accompanied the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to approve the Hobet mine permit, for much work remains to clarify the process, the head of the ...

I recently attended the July 28 “Mountain Mobilization” in southern West Virginia, which included a confrontational rally and a direct action to halt operations at Patriot Coal’s Hobet strip mine, ...

ALKOL, West Virginia – On the day Victor Clark retired after 26 years at the Hobet coal mine, the bosses called him to the office for a surprise. His wife, daughter, and sons Rocky and Tony, both ...

CHARLESTON – Changes were announced to the industrial site known as Hobet Thursday as Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin was flanked by state leaders. The first was obvious – the name. Once simply known as the ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Patriot Coal Corp. said Wednesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finalized its evaluation process and issued a permit for its Hobet 45 mine under Section 404 of the ...

The fire at the former Hobet Mine preparation plant is believed to be under control, according to the Danville Volunteer Fire Department. More than a dozen fire crews from Boone, Logan and Kanawha ...