BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — Federal regulators are holding a mine safety training conference in southern West Virginia this week.

The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s annual Training Resources Applied to Mining conference begins Tuesday. It will be held at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver.

MSHA says the conference offers new ideas, instructional methods and materials to help mine safety trainers improve their programs.

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