Members of Unison at the museum in Wakefield began their industrial action calling for higher pay on 20 August and the strike ...

A strike at the National Coal Mining Museum could be extended until next summer unless a workers’ pay dispute is settled, a ...

Unison members at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield have been on all-out strike for 16 weeks in a dispute over pay ...

SOME 250 people gathered on the steps of Wakefield Cathedral on Saturday to show their support for the striking workers at ...

LANSFORD, Pa. — No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum hosts a car show and picnic every Memorial Day weekend. There was homemade food and live music for folks to enjoy as they checked out the antique cars. But ...

This Saturday, Memorial Day Weekend, at the Good Old Days Museum in Soddy Daisy, the emphasis is on local coal mining. The museum is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This is what made this entire area into ...

LANSFORD, Pennsylvania — Much of Pennsylvania's natural beauty comes from its breathtaking views, from the top of a gorge, out the window of a car or peering out the window of a historic train. The ...

LANSFORD, Pa. — One festival brought all kinds of coal mining fun to Carbon County on Sunday. The 17th annual Coal Miners' Heritage Festival was held at the No.9 Coal Mine & Museum in Lansford. Folks ...

Jun. 22—In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a whisper of morning fog, it's not just the tale. It's the person who ...

Heritage and legacies run deep in small coal towns. Some are buried beneath streets, sidewalks and homes in mines where men ...

This summer the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum is launching the Mingo County Black History Project. In the Mine Wars era, more than 64,000 African Americans lived in West Virginia and made up about 20 ...