The report on the April 2010 mine disaster at the Upper Big Branch Mine was just issued. It says a corporate coal culture helped lead to the deaths of 29 coal miners.

There are all kinds of folk remedies. One saved my father's life. It's a story that involves a copperhead snake and turpentine.

Deep Down, a documentary film, looks at the pressures within a small town that's faced with the prospect (and profits) of mountaintop-removal mining.

Life in the West Virginia coalfields is filled with hope, love and the sense that a disaster is waiting to happen underground. The worst happened at the Upper Big Branch Mine.