Powder River

The Irving, Texas-based Fleur de Lis Energy and Fleur de Lis Operating, LLC, agreed to the settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act.

Soldiers are expected to fly to Fort Bliss in Texas on Thursday before heading overseas.

But the volume of applications for permits to drill over the last year — about 10,000 — has eclipsed even the coal-bed methane days.

Cloud Peak Energy and Peabody Energy have raised concerns over a proposal from EOG Resources that would have the Houston-based energy company drill 1,500 wells.

Emergency crews are expanding their search for a 4-year-old girl who apparently fell into the Powder River east of Buffalo on Sunday evening, Johnson County Sheriff Steve Koziek said Tuesday. By the end of Tuesday, crews will have searched a 15- to 17-mile section, he said...

Search went on all night with no results yet.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a potential flooding outlook for the state of Wyoming, based on Mountain snow pack and associated snow water equivalents.

A new report shows groundwater levels are recovering in some parts of the Powder River Basin where coal-bed methane production has been on the decline.

The U.S. coal mining industry is projected to see a modest and short-lived rebound in 2014, driven by more production in Western states after two successive years of declines.

Campbell County Sheriff Bill Pownall says the accident occurred at Arch Coal's Black Thunder mine about 1:30 a.m. Friday.