The winners of the 2024 PBS Kids Writers Contest at WVPB have been announced!
Nominate an exceptional West Virginia teacher today!
On Demand
On Demand
Watch locally produced documentaries & more.
On Demand
On Demand
West Virginia Morning
Inside Appalachia
West Virginia Week
Mountain Stage
Us & Them
The Legislature Today
Send us your comments and questions.
Stream our board meetings.
Come and meet us!
Check out the latest WVPB news.
Meet the WVPB staff.
WV Educational Broadcasting Authority, the WVPB Foundation, and the Friends of WVPB.
Come work with us!
Sign up for our newsletter and get weekly updates.
Sponsor impactful and engaging media and entertainment.
Use your IRA to make a gift to WVPB.
Become a member with your gift of $1,000 or more.
Federal regulators issued 199 citations during impact inspections of U.S. mines in November.
The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration conducted the inspections at 10 coal mines and six metal and nonmetal mines.
The agency said Monday in a news release that it ordered the shutdown of belt lines at Regent Allied Carbon Energy’s No. 2 mine in Wise County, Virginia, and issued 28 citations, along with seven orders. Federal inspectors found accumulations of combustible coal, coal dust and coal fines in violation of the mine’s ventilation plan.
The agency says the mine also lacked adequate fire and dust suppression.
The impact inspections began in 2010 after the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia killed 29 miners.
