The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection says crews are close to finishing work on the abandoned mine that burst in the Holden area of Logan County for the first time last week and ...

HOLDEN, W.Va. — The weekend’s torrential rainfall that flooded southern West Virginia resulted in the blowout of an old coal mine in the Holden area of Logan County on Monday evening.

Marlene Marcum and Colby, who live in the house along Holden Road that took on most of the water from the mine said it sounded first like a bomb and then a giant waterfall. “It was really muddy ...

LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A blowout at an abandoned mine due to high water has caused a road closure Monday night in the Holden area, according to Cora Volunteer Fire Department firefighters.