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Kayford Mountain

Abusive coal miners crash Independence Day Kayford Fest

by: Clem Guttata

Mon Jul 06, 2009 at 12:55:01 PM EDT
From JK:

Drunken, abusive Massey Energy miners threaten crowd, curse children at July 4th gathering:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

This is what we're fighting, folks.

Warning: lots of foul language in the video.

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Just a click away

by: Clem Guttata

Sat Jul 28, 2007 at 10:32:01 AM EDT
Some current Appalachian stories from sites on our blogroll:

* From ILoveMountains - Families worried that cemetery was bulldozed by mountaintop removal coal miners at Kayford Mountain, W.Va.

* Hillbilly Savants tells us What's on Tap in Appalachia. How many West Virginia beers have you tasted?

* FrontPorchBlog (at AppalachianVoices) has good news: Chestnuts Spreading Once Again!

* West Virginia Highlands Conservancy captures the mixed feelings of many environmentalists about wind power.

* ActBlue notes that Democrats Building Lead in Fundraising.

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