Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Knife River Corp. is selling its coal mines to a Colorado company, divesting itself of a business the company has been in for more than 80 years. Westmoreland Coal Co. is ...

The Midlothian Ruritan Club will be cleaning up the Midlothian Coal Mines. Members adopted the area as a project to keep the access trails and the mine site clear of trash and to trim back weeds ...

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