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Whitesville mourns Blanksenship verdict as 29 miners’ deaths loom
In Whitesville West Virginia residents confront the verdict convicting ex CEO Don Blankenship of conspiring to violate mine safety rules. The community recalls the Upper Big Branch disaster that killed 29 miners as unemployment and poverty persist in a shrinking coal town.
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Whitesville
W.va
U.S
Don Blankenship
Big Branch
Massey Energy
West Virginia
Glenn Thompson
God
Judy Jones Petersen
Dean Jones
Blankenship
Jamie Amick
Massey
Supreme Court
Amick
William Taylor
Black Lung
Lexington
Kentucky
Stanley
Goose” Stewart
Stewart
Manuel Arvon
Coal River
Coal River Road
Mountain View Apartments
Montcoal