Bluestone Coal, a company owned by Senator Jim Justice’s family, has had more than $3 million in liens filed against it for unpaid severance and special reclamation taxes over the past few years, according to public records on file in McDowell County.

The liens were filed by the West Virginia Tax Division between 2023, when Justice was still governor, and this past summer.

Bluestone Coal is run by members of the Justice family, including siblings Jay and Jill Justice, plus close associates, according to incorporation records with the Secretary of State’s Office.

Bluestone representatives did not respond to an email inviting comment on the liens in McDowell County.

Jim Justice, a Republican who was sworn in as a U.S. senator earlier this year, lists a $5 million to $25 million stake in

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