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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming coal mine that supplies fuel to a power plant that will be converted to burn gas plans to lay off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, ...

In an early scene from the Oscar-winning “Harlan County U.S.A.,” a piece of technology is shown swallowing coal miners by the dozen. One after the other, we see helmeted workers merge their prone ...

Either you care about clean water and wild places, or you support mining. Minnesotans know better," the authors write.

The U.S. Department of Labor will fund $30 million in grants to encourage people to work in high demand jobs in emerging industry careers such as mining. These new grants from the Industry-Driven ...