A 29-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a West Virginia state trooper is in police custody, according to the ATF's Louisville Office. Law enforcement responded to a shooting complaint in Mingo ...

CHARLESTON (AP) — A museum dedicated to the Matewan Massacre and other labor struggles in West Virginia's southern coalfields is opening next month in Matewan. The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum will ...

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, more ...

Situated in the steep mountains of Mingo County, West Virginia, the town of Matewan has a total area of no more than half a square mile. This small town, which has earned a place in history for the ...

MATEWAN, W.Va. (AP) — The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century ago. Ten people ...

MATEWAN, West Virginia - The Mingo County fight nobody talks about started when coal miners finally said “enough.” Back in the early part of the 20th century, the coal companies controlled these ...

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES, July 6, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Belle Isle Books of Richmond, Virginia, is pleased to announce the release of a new work of ...

IT MAY be a town of only 500 people nestled in an isolated corner of Appalachia, but Matewan, West Virginia, has witnessed a great deal of history. From the 1860s to the 1890s, the rival Hatfield and ...

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. — West Virginia State Police have arrested five people who were in the area of a late night stabbing that killed one in Matewan in Mingo County. Cory Marcum, 27, of North Matewan, ...

MATEWAN, W.Va.MATEWAN, W.Va. — The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century ago. Ten ...