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In Farmington, retired coal miners suffering from the effects of black lung disease will hold an informational meeting on opportunities for compensation and other benefits through the Department of Labor on Friday, April 7. The meetings are hosted by Orphelia Thomas, a member of the Navajo Nation and community liaison for Positive Nature Homecare, LLC.
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Colorado is launching a one point eight million dollar grant program aimed at getting youth from underserved communities into the great outdoors. And fire crews in Gunnison County this week were able to subdue a wildfire caused by flames in an underground coal mine.
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Colorado lawmakers have approved a fifteen million dollar stimulus bill to help communities replace coal jobs as the state transitions to renewable…
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Coal-fired power plants are closing, or being given firm deadlines for closure, across the country. In the Western states that make up the overallocated...
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When Blondie's Diner closes around 9 p.m. and a table of hunters finish their green chili cheeseburgers and head back to their hotel, the town of...
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It's a good day when Tammie Delaney hears a train rumbling down the tracks outside of the century-old granary building she owns in Hayden. "Oh, you get...
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The coal power plant that provided about 80% of the Hopi Nation's budget closed last month. Tribal leaders are now trying to figure out how to replace the revenue, which was their economic lifeline.
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A fire broke out in a coal silo at a power plant near Farmington, New Mexico, on Saturday afternoon, but it was quickly contained and no one was injured.…
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The Navajo Nation has announced that it has identified some potential buyers for the Navajo Generating Station in Page, Arizona. The current owners of the…
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Last week President Trump signed an executive order to roll back Obama’s Clean Power Plan. That plan had created regulations on CO2 emissions, especially…