Nine postsecondary teams from Canada and the United States participated competition, hosted by Laurentian University ...

WVU’s Mine Rescue Team took second overall at the 2026 North American University Mine Rescue Competition in Sudbury, Ontario, and won the Confined Space Challenge.

Two men were rescued after falling into a mine pit in Virginia, authorities say. Members of the Virginia Fire Department responded to the Mesabi Bike Trail Access Point on 3rd Street North and 1st ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia native who was part of the rescue attempt at the Rolling Thunder mine in Nicholas County last year said it was the first time that kind of search had ever been ...

A DESPERATE, round-the-clock rescue operation is continuing at Ekapa Minerals’ Joint Shaft Mine in Kimberley after a mudslide in the early hours of February 17 trapped five mineworkers nearly 890 ...