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Aug 18, 2025

Wellmore to lay off 72 coal workers in Southwest Virginia

Wellmore Energy will lay off 72 coal workers across operations in Grundy, Hurley, and Big Rock, Virginia, with cuts beginning in early September.

Aug 6, 2025

Southwest Virginia businessman and philanthropist McGlothlin dies

Jim McGlothlin, a former coal magnate, backer of the state's first casino and a prominent philanthropist, has died at the age of 85.

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