OVEN FORK, Ky. (WYMT) - Families, survivors and mourners gathered Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Scotia Mine disaster, which killed 26 miners in the Oven Fork community of Letcher County ...

A mine collapse at Congo's key Rubaya coltan site kills large numbers of miners, and officials and rebels sharply dispute the ...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - March 9, 2026 marks 50 years since the first of two explosions rocked the Scotia mine in the Oven Fork ...

A tunnel collapse at a rebel-run coltan mine in eastern Congo is feared to have killed at least 200 people, officials said.

A mine collapse at Congo’s key Rubaya coltan site has killed a number of miners. Officials and rebels sharply dispute the extent of the death toll.

At least 200 people were killed after a major mine collapsed.

This is the third accident in less than two months in these mining areas, which already have more than 700 victims. At least ...

A mine collapse on Tuesday at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese ...

Congo’s Mines Ministry said about 70 children were among the victims.

At 11:15 on the morning of March 9, 1976, Virgil Coots, a foreman at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, called to the ...

Kayanga village residents said the collapse could have been caused by the overnight rain that pounded the area ...