…  14 West Virginia names West Virginia University mining instructor James Dean as acting safety director. Dean begins adopting …  packs and report condition by Aug. 15. Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher signs emergency regulations allowing the state to revoke mine’s …

…  regulators conducting a review of mining equipment found more than 100 defective air packs of the same type used by …  Kentucky and West Virginia, officials said. Gov. Ernie Fletcher ordered the statewide review after the May 20 explosion at the Darby …