'Can we have it all?' Budd says environment vs. energy balance worth the effort

Jun 19, 2013 - By Randy Tucker, Staff Writer:  Keeping the focus on the long-term outcomes of environmentally balanced economic development while allowing production in the short term is all in a day's work ... [more]

Rare earth elements promising, if concentrations can be found

Jun 19, 2013 - By Eric Blom, Staff Writer:  Though the least-common rare earth element is 180 times more abundant in the Earth's crust than gold, finding a mineable deposit of the minerals is ... [more]

Teacher had a grand time during Jeffrey City boom

Jun 19, 2013 - By Randy Tucker, Staff Writer:  It sounds like the punch line to a joke: "I was sitting in a bar in New Orleans and the guy sitting next to me said ... "
But it wasn't a joke. It was how Chris ... [more]

State lawmakers urge Lummis to assist with energy industry issues

Jun 19, 2013 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff Writer:  The impact of federal action to Wyoming industry was at the center of discussions between Wyoming legislators, U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and her ... [more]

U.S. Energy sees promise in Texas

Jun 19, 2013 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff Writer:  Test wells in the Buda Limestone have potential to be "barn burner," leaders of the Riverton-based company believe.

U.S. Energy president Mark Larsen ... [more]

L&H? It's NASA calling

Jun 19, 2013 - By Don Warfield, Staff Writer:  L & H Industrial of Gillette, already an international power player in aftermarket mining equipment parts, is no shrinking violet when it comes to seizing ... [more]

Carissa ready to be fired up for visitors

Jun 19, 2013 - By Robert H. Peck, Staff Writer:  Supporters of South Pass City State Historic Site and the Carissa Mine renovation project will numerous changes at the site this summer, all leading up to a ... [more]

Army Corps deciding not to do broad environmental investigation of coal trains

Jun 19, 2013 - The Associated Press:  SEATTLE -- An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday that the agency doesn't plan a broad environmental study on ... [more]

Digest

Jun 19, 2013 - The Associated Press:  Miners convene in Sheridan
SHERIDAN -- The Wyoming Mining Association is holding its annual convention this week in Sheridan.
The convention began ... [more]

Cameco: U-mine delays tied to duplication of agency regs

Jun 19, 2013 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff Writer:  Cameco Resources president Paul Goranson is optimistic about the future of Wyoming uranium despite what he called "regulatory uncertainty" at the federal ... [more]

Doebele and Stauffenberg win Pitch, Hit and Throw

Jun 19, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Big smiles were on the faces of Riverton baseball players Teron Doebele and Demi Stauffenberg when talking about their experience at Coors Field in Denver and ... [more]

County kids earns medals at state Hershey meet

Jun 19, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Trey Fike of Shoshoni won the standing long jump title Saturday in Rock Springs at the state Hershey Track Meet. Fike finished with a mark of 6-3 in the 9-10 ... [more]

Late nights in June -- it must be Mining Edition time

Jun 19, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck:  I breezed home late Tuesday night -- well, early Wednesday morning -- on my zippy red scooter and had the street to myself for the entire two miles.
Over the ... [more]

Visitor 'hired' by cousin years ago to deliver Mining Edition

Jun 19, 2013 - Rod Dedrick, Bradley, Texas:  Editor:
Many years back, and I won't say how many because I want to feel young, my cousin had a Ranger paper route. For two years in a row he "hired" me to ... [more]

Energy is news

Jun 19, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck:  And Wyoming always will be part of the crucial equation

Wyoming's energy industry is big news.
We've filled an 80-page newspaper with it in our ... [more]

Coal from where I came from

Jun 19, 2013 - By Chris Peck:  You don't live down South without air conditioning, and there is no air conditioning without Wyoming coal.

At night, 1,000 miles from my hometown, I ... [more]