FILE PHOTO: In an Aug, 26, 2007 file photo, Robert Murray, center, chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., smiles while talking to Dave Canning, left, and Mike Glassom, right, two miners in charge of drilling bore holes into the Crandall Canyon M before a news conference northwest of Huntington, Utah.
October 1, 2020 | 12:00 PM

Bob Murray, who fought black lung regulations as a coal operator, has filed for black lung benefits

Murray said he worked in underground mines and is entitled to benefits. He disputed that he fought against regulations to quell the disease or fought against miners receiving benefits.

By Brittany Patterson and Dave Mistich, Ohio Valley Resource