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Hope is Important for the Deep South Coalfield Counties

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph:  As I scanned through our internal online archives, I found the headlines to be both alarming and depressing. I was looking for story ideas, and subsequently found myself perusing through several years of older articles. These older articles told the story of a region fighting for survival against an administration […]

The Light They Will Not See

June 15, 2017 Look hard enough at politics and you will always find irony. That’s why it “makes strange bedfellows.” Here’s one recent example. President Trump’s support for the coal industry, together with his regulatory re-set that helped to revive it, has made coal a surrogate for him – a president the major media deeply […]

A Few Positive Signs for the State’s Economy

Via The West Virginia MetroNews: The biggest reason Governor Justice and lawmakers are sweating out the budget for next fiscal year is that coal and natural gas severance tax collections have plummeted. According to the state budget office In fiscal year 2014, those industries paid $489 million into the state’s General Revenue Fund.  Two years later, the […]

PA Coal Mine, Praised as Lifeline for Local Economy

Via Fox News:  Around 200 miners, business leaders and local politicians stood around tables covered in mining headgear and tablecloths labeled “Make Coal Great Again” as they overlooked a freshly dug coal pit located around 60 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. The group was assembled for the opening of Corsa Coal Corp’s Acosta mine – the […]

Winning: Trump Touts Opening of New Coal Mine in Pennsylvania

Via Brietbart: President Donald Trump spoke via video Thursday for the opening of a new coal mine outside of Pittsburgh, saying it’s proof that he is keeping his campaign promise to create jobs for miners and create industries to benefit the U.S. economy. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be speaking with you on this great, great […]

Another Promise Kept — First Coal Mine Opens Under Trump Administration

Via The Daily Caller: President Trump during his campaign promised to “put our miners back to work.” That promise was at least partially fulfilled since the Corsa Coal Company opened, making it the first American corporation to open a new coal mine in six years. Prominent political pundits deemed this pledge as just another empty promise made to […]

First New Coal Mine of Trump Era Opens in Pennsylvania

Via Fox News Insider:  President Trump lauded the opening of the nation’s first new coal mine in recent memory. Corsa Coal Company will operate the mine in Somerset County, Pa. – outside of Pittsburgh. Corsa CEO George Dethlefsen said the mine will be a boon to the struggling local economy. He praised Trump’s easing of […]

New Coal Mine Touted by Trump Opens in Pennsylvania

Via The Washington Post: FRIEDENS, Pa. — President Donald Trump hailed the opening Thursday of a new coal mine as proof deregulation is helping bring jobs to the industry, even though plans for the mine’s opening were made well before Trump’s election. Corsa Coal Corp. will supply coal used in making steel and is expected […]