West Virginia voters laud Trump for trying to save coal

DANVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — As a laid off coal mine electrician, Nolan Triplett doesn’t think his industry will ever return to the heady days when it powered America and offered generations of Appalachians a chance at a middle class life. But he still backs the president who said he’d reopen the mines and put thousands back to work, even if such promises proved empty. “Even if I don’t go back to this industry, I’m still with him,” said Triplett, 41,…