The RepublicIn the coalfields, dilapidated sites make way for renewalWashington PostWILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Inside a 1920s-era warehouse in the heart of a once-bustling coalfields hub, Brandon Blankenship saws through 8-foot boards pulled up from the building's floor, looking each one up and down for “a face that's not splintered — smooth ...A sampling of efforts to fight blight in Appalachiaseattlepi.comall 3 news articles »