"I am absolutely heartbroken tonight to report that Sergeant Cory Maynard of the West Virginia State Police was fatally wounded in an incident this afternoon near Matewan," West Virginia Gov.

especially in Matewan, West Virginia. The weather was nice enough Wednesday for a retired teacher to sit outside her home with the few personal possessions that survived 4 feet of water.

MATEWAN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, located in Matewan, West Virginia, is launching the Mingo County Black History Project, according to a news release. In the Mine Wars era ...

Grants totaling $9.2 million are going to 21 West Virginia communities to remove abandoned and dilapidated structures, officials said. The funds will be given as reimbursement for demolition ...

May marks the anniversary of two of the most defining, but often overlooked, battles in American labor history: the Matewan ...