House Education and Labor Committee chairman Rep. George Miller asks U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman to conduct criminal investigation of Laine Adair, general manager of Murray Energy Corp.'s U...
A $100,000 donation from Jon Huntsman Sr. guarantees sufficient funding for Crandall Canyon memorial on outskirts of Huntington.
Heirs of six miners fatally trapped Aug. 6 and two rescuers injured 10 days later filed a lawsuit against the mine's owners, operators and their roof-control consultant, seeking unspecified compens...
Audit by Department of Labor's own Office of Inspector General found MSHA "negligent" in protecting underground miners at Crandall Canyon and nationwide. It cites local, regional and national defic...

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee accuses Murray Energy of ignoring warning signs of Crandall Canyon's dangerous conditions, suggests company doing unauthorized mining when the...
Murray Energy Corp. said it will develop a monument to Crandall Canyon victims — especially the six who remain entombed — near the mine site.

The families of Crandall Canyon victims pick Karen Jobe Templeton's "Heroes Among Us" design for miner memorial near Huntington. They also endorse development of a second memorial close to the mine.
Family members of several Crandall Canyon victims express harsh feelings about Murray Energy and MSHA in hearing conducted by the House Education and Labor Committee.

Senate Appropriations subcommittee holds first congressional hearing on Crandall Canyon disaster, putting Mine Safety and Health Administration director Richard Stickler on the hot seat.
Search for the six miners buried in the original mine collapse called off.

Second implosion of the mine's walls kills three would-be rescuers and injures six others.
At 2:48 a.m., the walls of the Crandall Canyon mine in Emery County blow in, trapping six miners on a crew excavating coal pillars that held up the roof. Around-the-clock rescue effort begins.
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