Personnel at the Waynesburg office deferred comment to headquarters. Spokespeople with MSHA in Washington, D.C., reached by phone Thursday afternoon requested questions to be sent via email ...

The pair want details from the Department of Labor about possible office closures and planned staff reductions at MSHA, an agency that for years has struggled with staffing issues. “Arbitrary cutbacks ...

About one-third of the affected offices are in Appalachia. Leases were terminated for seven MSHA offices in Kentucky, more than any other state, including every MSHA office in the state's western ...