CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former coal company executive Don Blankenship’s expression of sorrow before a federal judge stung for the families who lost loved ones in the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion, the deadliest U.S. mining disaster in four decades. Some of them on hand yelled at him on Wednesday as he exited the courthouse into a swarm of TV ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former coal executive Don Blankenship could receive up to a year in prison and a fine of $250,000 in connection to the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades when he is sentenced one day after the tragedy’s sixth anniversary. But just as important as the length of his sentence is whether the ex-Massey Energy CEO ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Convicted former energy company CEO Don Blankenship won’t have to pay a coal producer $28 million in restitution related to a mine explosion in 2010 that killed 29 men, a federal judge ruled Monday. In her order, Judge Irene Berger said Blankenship doesn’t have to pay the money to Alpha Natural Resources, which bought Massey in ...