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Retired coal miner Stanley "Goose" Stewart holds a helmet he wore inside the Upper Big Branch mine when it blew up on April 5, 2010, killing 29 men, as he stands for a portrait at his home in Orgas, W.Va., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raby)

Coal country: Closure of Mine Safety and Health Administration will endanger safety

By John Raby and Leah Willingham - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018, file photo, former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate, Don Blankenship, speaks during a town hall to kick off his campaign in Logan, W.Va. Blankenship claims documents that would have assisted his defense weren't made available to his attorneys before his trial and he's asking a federal court to vacate his misdemeanor conviction. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Motion seeks to erase ex-Massey CEO Blankenship’s conviction

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, left, walks out of the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse after the jury deliberated for a fifth full day in his trial, in Charleston, W. Va. Blankenship is finishing up his one-year federal prison sentence related to the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in four decades. According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, Blankenship is set to be released Wednesday, May 10, 2017, from a halfway house in Phoenix. He must serve one year of supervised release. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley, File)

US mine blast: Ex-coal CEO Blankenship at end of prison term

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship makes his way across Virginia Street in Charleston, W.V., before entering the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse for his sentencing on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. (F. Brian Ferguson/The Gazette-Mail via AP)

Don Blankenship, former coal company chief, gets 1 year in prison

By Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

In this May 20, 2010 photo, Massey Energy Company Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The former CEO who oversaw the West Virginia mine that exploded in 2010, killing 29 people, has been indicted on federal charges related to a mine safety investigation. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said a federal grand jury indicted Blankenship on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)FILE -

Media challenges gag order in ex-coal CEO’s case

By Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said the $210 million settlement reached in a West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men "requires a recognition that there was criminal conduct at play." (Associated Press)

Settlement reached in West Virginia mine explosion

By Lawrence Messina and Vicki Smith - The Washington Times

Obama calls for tougher mine oversight

By Kara Rowland