A contract worker was killed at a Massey Energy Coal Mine in Boone County late Wednesday night. The office of Miner’s Health, Safety and Training spokeswoman Jama Jarret said the victim was 32-year-old Steven Cain of Comfort. Jarret says Cain died after being pinned between the wall and a supply car at the Justice Number One mine. For some, it reveals a larger problem with contract workers in the coal mines.

Tomorrow, the city of Charleston will host the finals of the 2008 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. The event is sponsored by NewSong Music and West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Mountain Stage. The contest has become a premier showcase of emerging singer-songwriters in all genres of music. Contestants win appearances on “Mountain Stage," as well as cash prizes and performance and recording opportunities around the world.

Tonight, the Wheeling Symphony begins their Masterworls concert season, featuring the music of Rossini, Sibelius and Rachmaninoff. Mona Seghatoleslami spoke with Wheeling Symphony Music Director Andre Raphel (Rafell) Smith, who says concertgoers can loko forward to csome classical music favorites.

Since a shooting last year at Virginia Tech claimed 32 lives, colleges across the country have focused more on helping students with mental health problems. Colleges are seeing more students with mental illness, and that’s forced them to offer more services.

In a new Lab 304 story, we explore where the sun never shines – Underground West Virginia. The state has hundreds of miles of caves, and their history can tell us a lot about our past – and our future.

People have explored the mountains of West Virginia for centuries, but step below the surface and there’s still a world to discover. Cavers are the pioneers of our time.

With incumbent Betty Ireland not seeking re-election, the Secretary of State's office will have a new face beginning in January. We hear from Democrat Natalie Tennant, a businesswoman and journalist.

Earlier this week an unlikely visitor appeared in Huntington, and as far as anyone knows it’s still on the run.

A new book by a West Virginia nurse mid-wife puts faces and personalities to the medical profession and the people they treat. The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir was written by Patricia Harman of Morgantown.