Marketplace followed this mother from welfare to work 20 years ago.

Flooding is the most expensive — and most frequent — natural disaster.

Josephine Moore faced the "end of welfare as we knew it." Now, she's treading water.

Relatively few West Virginians work in coal mines, but those that do have nowhere to go.

Neither politicians nor policies can undo what the market's done to coal.

Some fear job losses, others have questions about environmental cleanup

Authorities want railroad owners to do a better job inspecting and repairing.

A need for modern infrastructure is weighed against preserving a famed river view.

Residents and business owners continue to use bottled water in wake of last month's chemical oil spill