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WV News
February 18, 2018
He retired from Patriot Coal Company, (Harris #1). Lewis was a member of the UMWA and the Bricklayer's Union. Lewis attended Cranberry Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Lewis is preceded in death by his wife, Betty Ruth Prince Toney; granddaughters, Megan Beth Toney and Patches DawnÃÂ ...
Gazette Day
February 9, 2018
2015 saw coal mining giants Patriot Coal, Walter Energy and Alpha Natural Resources file for bankruptcy. The following year, Arch Coal (ACI), the U.S.'s second-largest coal mining company, followed suit. Peabody Energy Corporation, the longtime leader in global coal production, has also seen majorÃÂ ...
Oil and Gas Investor
February 2, 2018
Clarke and his wife, Ana, control the Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund, which previously purchased bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp.'s assets in 2015 for $860 million. The organization seeks to conserve natural resources and address climate change in part by finding economic futures for people andÃÂ ...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
January 18, 2018
The second of two men convicted of killing a longtime coal executive was sentenced to life in prison with mercy Thursday morning. Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick will be eligible to be considered for parole in 15 years, per the mercy provision in his sentence handed down by Mingo Circuit Judge Miki Thompson.
WTOP
December 19, 2017
Hatfield, 59, was shot while visiting his wife's gravesite in Maher in May 2016, a year after he resigned as CEO and president of Patriot Coal, which filed for bankruptcy citing low coal prices and falling demand. At the time he was operating his own mining consulting business, Coal Strategies LLC. AccordingÃÂ ...
STLtoday.com
November 2, 2017
Patriot Coal's first bankruptcy brought thousands of retired and active coal miners and their families to St. Louis in 2013, where they rallied to protect retiree pension and health care benefits. Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle, scordle@post-dispatch.com. Stephanie S. Cordle. Save. On Friday and Saturday,ÃÂ ...
MINING.com
August 13, 2017
The two men accused of murdering Bennett Hatfield, the former president and CEO of Patriot Coal, are heading to trial in the next two months. According to The Charleston Gazette-Mail, via Associated Press, 22-year-old Raheem Arriaga of Ohio will be in court on September 5, while Brandon Fitzpatrick, 19,ÃÂ ...
Yale Environment 360
December 14, 2017
The new nonprofit Appalachian Headwaters, funded by the bankruptcies of the coal companies Alpha Natural Resources and Patriot Coal, is helping restore 250 acres of forest in Boone and McDowell counties in West Virginia. Green Forest Work's deep ripping technique on a former mine site in Ohio. LIVE.
U.S. News & World Report
December 8, 2017
Arriaga was convicted in October of murder, robbery and conspiracy. His sentencing is scheduled Tuesday. Hatfield, 59, was shot while visiting his wife's gravesite in May, a year after he resigned as CEO and president of Patriot Coal, which filed for bankruptcy citing low coal prices and falling demand.
The Middlesboro Daily News
December 7, 2017
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have filed a bill that would create a tip line to report legislative wrongdoing. Reps. Ken Fleming of Louisville and Kim Moser of Taylor Mill say the tip line would be run by the independent Legislative Ethics Commission. The commission hasÃÂ ...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
December 7, 2017
A Kentucky man on Thursday admitted his role in the death of a coal mine executive as part of a scheme to steal a car in 2016. After a Mingo County jury found Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick guilty of two of the four charges against him, Mingo County Prosecutor Duke Jewell and Fitzpatrick's attorney, Susan VanÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 5, 2017
Hatfield had resigned in 2015 as president and CEO of Patriot Coal. At the time of his death he was operating his own mining consulting business, Coal Strategies LLC. He had also been CEO of International Coal Group and was an executive at Massey Energy. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.
Charleston Gazette-Mail
December 4, 2017
Before that, he was CEO of Patriot Coal and International Coal Group and was an executive at Massey Energy. Just as in Arriaga's trial, jurors were taken to Mountain View Memory Gardens before witness testimony began Monday. In addition to Jewell, Mingo County Assistant Prosecutor Josh Ferrell isÃÂ ...
Williamson Daily News
December 2, 2017
Hatfield's children and his twin brother, Dennis, remembered him as a kind man who was always generous in his success. He was a longtime executive at Massey Energy before eventually becoming CEO of Patriot Coal. His children said no matter how hard he worked, he always made time for family.
Charleston Post Courier
November 17, 2017
The law firm had represented Patriot Coal, a coal miner based in West Virginia that filed for bankruptcy twice in four years, most recently in Richmond in 2015. In that case, the most profitable mines went to another coal company backed by Patriot's lenders, while the others were closed. Barrett, the lawyerÃÂ ...
New York Times
November 15, 2017
The law firm had represented Patriot Coal, a coal miner based in West Virginia that filed for bankruptcy twice in four years, most recently in ...
John Whitefoot's America Closed
November 3, 2017
... Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU), Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ARCH), and Patriot Coal Corp. all filed for bankruptcy.
Williamson Daily News
November 3, 2017
Hatfield, 59, was a longtime executive at Massey Energy before eventually becoming CEO of Patriot Coal. Fitzpatrick is being represented by ...
STLtoday.com
November 2, 2017
Patriot Coal's first bankruptcy brought thousands of retired and active coal miners and their families to St. Louis in 2013, where they rallied to ...
Fox Business
November 1, 2017
Peabody Energy Corp., Alpha Natural Resources Inc., Arch Coal Inc. and Patriot Coal Corp., have all filed for bankruptcy in recent years.
Greentech Media
October 27, 2017
Is this part of a big scheme like Patriot Coal did to shuffle liabilities into a sinking ship and push it out to sea. Goddammit don't tell me that's the ...
Williamson Daily News
October 20, 2017
Hatfield, 59, was an executive at Massey Energy before eventually becoming CEO of Patriot Coal. Arriaga took the stand in his defense on ...
Law360
October 18, 2017
In 2005, Arch Coal sold them to Magnum Coal Co., which eventually sold them to Patriot Coal Corp., which declared bankruptcy in 2015.
U.S. News & World Report
October 17, 2017
Hatfield, who resigned in 2015 as Patriot Coal's president and CEO, was visiting his wife's gravesite in Maher when he was shot in May 2016.
MINING.com
August 13, 2017
The two men accused of murdering Bennett Hatfield, the former president and CEO of Patriot Coal, are heading to trial in the next two months.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
April 27, 2017
On West Virginia Morning, Dave Mistich talks with Daniel Flatley, a Wheeling native and Columbia University graduate student, about his thesis ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
Hatfield had resigned in 2015 as Patriot Coal's president and CEO. Arriaga was convicted last month of first-degree murder, robbery and ...
MINING.com
August 13, 2017
The two men accused of murdering Bennett Hatfield, the former president and CEO of Patriot Coal, are heading to trial in the next two months.
Williamson Daily News
August 12, 2017
Hatfield, 59, was a longtime executive at Massey Energy before eventually becoming CEO of Patriot Coal. A trial date for Arriaga has been setÃÂ ...
West Virginia MetroNews
August 10, 2017
Hatfield, who worked during his career as a top executive at ICG, Massey Energy and Patriot Coal, was shot and killed. Arriaga, who allegedlyÃÂ ...
Williamson Daily News
August 10, 2017
Hatfield, 59, was a longtime executive at Massey Energy before eventually becoming CEO of Patriot Coal. The shooting occurred at MountainÃÂ ...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
April 27, 2017
Wheeling Native Writes Master's Thesis on Patriot Coal Bankruptcy ... about his thesis “Patriot Coal: An American Bankruptcy” and BennyÃÂ ...
Grist
March 31, 2017
Price worked for Peabody Energy and its spinoff company, Patriot Coal, in West Virginia for nearly 30 years. When those companies wentÃÂ ...
Mother Jones
March 22, 2017
... of America complained that Arch Coal moved 40 percent of its employees' health care coverage to Patriot Coal, a volatile offshoot company.
NPR
December 8, 2016
Merriman's employer, Patriot Coal, filed for bankruptcy in 2012, then again in 2015. He is now slated to lose his pension and benefits. MerrimanÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 1, 2016
A few months earlier, this problem would have belonged to Patriot Coal, one of the nation's largest coal companies, which used to operate theÃÂ ...
Peacock Panache
March 27, 2017
Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, Alpha Natural Resources, Patriot Coal and Walter Energy have all filed for bankruptcy over the past two years.
Mother Jones
March 22, 2017
In the years before bankruptcy, United Mine Workers of America complained that Arch Coal moved 40 percent of its employees' health care coverage to Patriot Coal, a volatile offshoot company. When Patriot went under, those health benefits were at risk ...
Fox Business
March 17, 2017
Peabody is one of several mining companies that sought bankruptcy protection after coming under heavy pressure from low natural gas prices and new regulations.
Huffington Post
March 15, 2017
Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, Alpha Natural Resources, Patriot Coal and Walter Energy have all filed for bankruptcy over the past two years.
West Virginia Record
March 15, 2017
CHARLESTON - A man is suing Patriot Coal after he claims it wrongfully terminated his employment. Speed Mining was also named as a defendant in the suit.
Yahoo Finance
March 14, 2017
Several major coal players, including Patriot Coal and Peabody Energy, have declared bankruptcy within the last few years amid a sharp decline in demand and tougher regulations imposed on the industry by the Obama administration.
Fox Business
March 14, 2017
Several major coal players, including Patriot Coal and Peabody Energy, have declared bankruptcy within the last few years amid a sharp decline in demand and tougher regulations imposed on the industry by the Obama administration.
CNN
March 9, 2017
But several years after John retired, Peabody spun off responsibility for retiree benefits for the Leach family and tens of thousands of others to a new company called Patriot Coal. In 2012, Patriot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As a result of the ...
Truth-Out
March 7, 2017
Other major coal powers like Arch Coal Inc., Alpha Natural Resources, Patriot Coal Corp., and Walter Energy Inc. have also filed for bankruptcy in recent months, leaving many to wonder what the future holds for coal in America's overarching energy picture.
Huntington Herald Dispatch
March 5, 2017
In addition to the new ophthalmology office in Charleston and a new location for the cardiology practice in Logan County, Marshall Health also expanded its operation in the Putnam County area with the purchase of the former headquarters of Patriot Coal.
Truth-Out
March 3, 2017
Employees gave $9,000 in donations (compared to $137,000 in 2012). And Patriot Coal's PAC gave $2,300 to West Virginia reps; employees contributed $59,000, all to Republicans.
End Coal (blog)
March 1, 2017
The two new integrated gasification combined cycle coal plants in the US - Edwardsport and Kemper - are "failed experiments" that are unreliable and vastly more expensive than originally envisaged, writes David Schlissel from the Institute for EnergyÃÂ ...
Wheeling Intelligencer
March 1, 2017
Declining coal demand since then has led to several large coal company bankruptcies, including Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, Alpha Natural Resources and Patriot Coal. Further complicating the problem is that new technologies allow coal companies toÃÂ ...
Center for Responsive Politics
February 28, 2017
Employees gave $9,000 in donations (compared to $137,000 in 2012). And Patriot Coal's PAC gave $2,300 to West Virginia reps; employees contributed $59,000, all to Republicans.
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