Alpha Natural Resources
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855 Kirby Rd, Waynesburg, PA 15370
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BECKLEY – An equipment operator alleges he was injured by an unsafe working condition known to his Raleigh County employer.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has reached a second settlement agreement with Alpha Natural Resources to guarantee the reclamation of former mining sites in the state.
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WELCH – Ninety-eight individuals are suing Alpha Natural Resources Services LLC after they claim it contaminated their water with inorganic trace elements.
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CHARLESTON – A top underground mine safety attorney says he still wants answers as to what caused the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 miners.
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RICHMOND, Va. – The federal government has a week to respond to former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s request to remain free pending his appeal. Blankenship’s lawyers filed a motion April 12 asking the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn District Judge Irene Berger’s denial of his bond release during the appeal. They contend that if he serves time in prison during the appeal, most or all of his one-year sentence might be served before the court decides on his appeal.
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CHARLESTON – Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship wants to remain free on bond pending the appeal of his conviction. Blankenship was sentenced April 6 on a misdemeanor charge of conspiring to violate mine safety standards at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County were 29 miners died in a 2010 explosion. He was sentenced to one year in prison and a $250,000 fine, and he also will spend a year on supervised release after his time in prison.
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CHARLESTON – Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has been sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. Blankenship was sentenced April 6 in federal court. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger handed down the maximum sentence of one year in prison for the misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to willfully violate mine safety standards at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County. An explosion there on April 5, 2010, killed 29 miners.
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BECKLEY – A federal judge says former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship doesn't have to pay $28 million in restitution. In her April 4 order, Judge Irene Berger said Blankenship doesn't have to pay Alpha Natural Resources back for the legal fees it paid at least seven former Massey employees, investigative expenses and fines in relation to the 2010 Upper Big Branch explosion in Raleigh County that killed 29 miners.
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BECKLEY – Alpha Natural Resources is seeking nearly $28 million in restitution from former CEO Don Blankenship in the criminal case against him. Alpha filed a motion for miscellaneous relief on March 7, and Blankenship’s attorneys filed a memorandum opposing the relief on the same day.
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LOGAN – An electrician claims he was blinded in a work related injury that could have been avoided.
