Nearly two dozen companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice have agreed to catch up on fines owed to the U.S. government from a 2020 settlement over unsafe working conditions at his coal mines. The governor was ordered to pay $5.1 million by a federal judge in April 2020. The companies missed payments from February through June of this year “due to financial difficulties,” leading the government to ask the court to compel payment, according to court documents. The companies resumed making payments in July and reached an agreement to pay the past-due balance of more than $500,000 over 10 weeks beginning in August.