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Black Hills Corp. Lays Off 11 At Wyodak Coal Mine

Associated Press — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:30:52 +0000

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Black Hills Corp. has laid off 11 of its workers at the Wyodak coal mine north of Gillette.

Black Hills external affairs manager Wes Ashton tells the Associated Press the layoffs are in response to changing market conditions

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Luca Lays Off 9 Gillette-Based Employees

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:45:48 +0000

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Luca Technologies Inc. has laid off nine Gillette-based employees and the company has temporarily shut down its coal-bed methane wells in the Powder River Basin.

The layoffs follow the U

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Gillette Coal Mine Lays Off 21 Workers

Associated Press — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:45:25 +0000

Twenty-one employees of the Wyodak coal mine near Gillette have been laid off as the mine cuts back on its hours of operation.

Additionally, about 13 temporary employees who were working for the mine have been let go in the past month

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Budget Language Tests RMOTC

Karen Snyder — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:48:35 +0000

The future of the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center is uncertain and R-MOTC director, Clark Turner, says its due to the political aspects of their budget process.

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