U.S. Attorney: ‘Ready, willing and able’ to prosecute
A roadside memorial to the 29 miners who died in the explosion at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W. Va. a week ago Monday stands along Coal River Road in Dry Creek, W.Va. on Monday, April 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) This statement was issued a little while ago by Chuck … Read more
Standing Up for Coal Miners
As we watched the latest mining tragedy unfold at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, I remembered a story of a friend. When Aubrey told us his story, we laughed . . . nervously. “I remember as a kid,” he said, “my dad strapping his gun on in the morning and going … Read more
MOMENT OF SILENCE TODAY AT 3:30PM EST
3:30 p.m. EST Today, April 12: Moment of Silence It happened a week ago today, the explosion that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Flags are at half-mast here as people across the state – and nation – pray and mourn. Please join West Virginians today in … Read more
Charleston Gazette columnist: Governor Manchin used Massey jet
It hit me this evening that some of you Coal Tattoo readers might have missed this item in Gazette staffer Phil Kabler’s Statehouse Beat column in the Sunday Gazette-Mail. So I thought I would pass it on: … There’s been considerable speculation about how Manchin got back to West Virginia Monday night from vacationing in … Read more
Gov. Joe Manchin speaks at a Coal executives conference.
6:48 Gov. Manchin speaking at the WV Coal Symposium “Hey John, you’ve got a problem here, now before i write you up with a violation, here’s what i think you ought to do to fix it. Let’s get together, get our people together. I’ll come back in a week or a month or whatever the … Read more
