MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A 1987 film based on the events of a coal miners’ strike in southern West Virginia has been selected to join the National Film Registry. Matewan, a film depicting the ...

In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020, photo a historical sign stands outside a former post office in Matewan, W.Va. On May 19, 1920, a group of miners, who were led by a local police chief, and detectives ...

In ”Matewan,” independent writer-director John Sayles (”The Return of the Secaucus 7,” ”The Brother from Another Planet”) once again displays his dazzlingly good intentions and disappointingly weak ...

Renowned independent-film director John Sayles will present his historical movie “Matewan,” which is about the coal field wars of the 1920s in West Virginia, at the Madison Art Cinemas Thursday, Nov.

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Child coal miners with mules in Gary, West Virginia in 1908. Working conditions were brutal for coal miners, and unionization was violently suppressed. Library of Congress The gunfight in downtown ...

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. — West Virginia State Police have arrested five people who were in the area of a late night stabbing that killed one in Matewan in Mingo County. Cory Marcum, 27, of North Matewan, ...

MATEWAN, WV (WOWK) — The Matewan Massacre happened in 1920, but the battle rages on as reenactors are set to take the stage Saturday for the 25th year of Matewan Heritage Day in the historic, Mingo ...

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A 6th person has been arrested in connection to a death investigation in the Matewan area of Mingo County, according to the West Virginia State Police. Troopers say during ...

Matewan Pk8 is a public school located in Matewan, WV, which is in a distant rural setting. The student population of Matewan Pk8 is 422 and the school serves PK-8. At Matewan Pk8, 31% of students ...

MATEWAN, W.Va. (AP) — The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century ago. Ten people ...

MATEWAN, W.Va. - The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century ago. Ten people were ...