Bluefield

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Massey Energy chief Don Blankenship says there's evidence some victims knew methane gas was pouring into the Upper Big Branch mine before the explosion that killed 29 miners.

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - The embattled chief executive of Massey Energy accused federal regulators Tuesday of not making a genuine effort to investigate the explosion that killed 29 miners and injured two at the company's Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia.

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - The federal government is implementing an emergency rule that will require underground mines to do more to control explosive coal dust following an explosion in West Virginia in April.