Bills to secure miners’ health benefits lack Wyo pol support
Neither Cheney, Enzi nor Barrasso have backed measures that would let Kemmerer miners and retirees keep health insurance benefits after coal bankruptcy.
Kemmerer
Fallen Wyoming coal giants tangled in high-finance feud
Two fallen Wyoming coal mining companies are tossed about in a feud between multinational consultants, while miners and municipalities scramble for scraps
Analysis: Westmoreland bankruptcy shows county vulnerability
Analysis
by 4 Comments Coal company’s Chapter 11 filing could short Lincoln County of more than $9 million in unpaid mineral taxes.
Tied to coal, Kemmerer’s future looks uncertain
A power plant unit will close in 9 months and a mine owner considers bankruptcy, unsettling the economic security of 300 miners and a whole community.
Critical mule deer research relies on fundraising
In five separate projects, biologists document where deer go and why, even as development threatens to block their way.
