Upper Big Branch miners honored in Beckley progress announced on memorial wall construction WV MetroNews

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Progress to build a Miners Memorial Wall in Beckley was announced Wednesday during the city’s annual remembrance ceremony for the 29 lives lost in the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster. Wednesday marked the 13th anniversary of the tragedy, which occurred on April 5, 2010. The City of Beckley, the Raleigh County Commission, Raleigh County and Beckley first responders, and the Beckley Chamber of Commerce came together to host the event at the Miners Memorial Garden near Shoemaker Square. The names of all 29 UBB victims were read and bell rung after each name. Bates said the very…