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(Sheridan, WY) This week Powder River Basin Resource Council (Resource Council) filed a citizen complaint with the federal Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement (OSMRE) and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) regarding mine violations at the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte coal mines, which have been shut down since Blackjewel filed for […]
GILLETTE, WY – Special Olympics Wyoming is pleased to announce their 2020 Summer Games will be held in Gillette, April 30 and May 1 & 2. Phil Grabrick, Local Coordinator of the Special Olympics Wyoming Gillette Masters program, submitted a bid cataloging facility availability, community excitement, involvement, and support. Special Olympics Wyoming President & CEO, Priscilla Dowse […]
Gillette City Council voted unanimously last night to move forward with it’s plans to expand the Energy Capital Sports Complex. It’s was standing room only as sports enthusiasts young and old addressed the council, all in support of the City’s idea to add two new multipurpose fields, a splash pad, and an ADA compliant playground […]
On August 25, 2019, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 1 on Wyoming 24 near Hulett, Wyoming. Around 9:32 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a one-vehicle rollover. A 1999 Ford Explorer was traveling southbound on Wyoming 24 when the vehicle drifted off the right side of the roadway […]
In court documents filed yesterday in Federal Bankruptcy Court, Riverstone Credit Partners, a company to whom Blackjewel, LLC owes millions of dollars said, Blackjewel has told them the deal with Contura Energy to buy the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr surface mines here is “dead.” The reason says Blackjewel is Contura’s insistence on shortening the […]
