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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DANVILLE, W.Va. (WCHS) — A warehouse at the Hobet Mine site in Boone County caught fire late Saturday night. Firefighters responded to a structure fire on Mud River Road in Danville at about 10:30 p.m ...

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 ...

DANVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Crews are on scene Tuesday night of a fire at the Hobet Coal Mine, according to Boone County dispatchers. According to the Danville Fire Department, the main office building ...