Monument To Honor UBB Miners

{Beckley, West Virginia}…Raleigh County officials plan to spend  about $6,500 to place a monument on the courthouse lawn that will honor the 29 miners killed in the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion. County administrator John Humphrey says the monument is completed, but it doesn't yet have a base. He says it probably will be dedicated in the spring. Another memorial honoring the fallen miners is located in a small park-like plaza in Whitesville. It was dedicated in July.