Still no Action in Blackjewel Sale Hearing Haul trucks sit idle at Eagle Butte Mine July 1, 2019, after employees were escorted from the property and the By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|August 6, 2019
New Contura CEO a restructuring expert with a $1M salary A sign greets a skeleton crew of Blackjewel employees who have returned to work at the Belle Ayr mine. (Andrew By WyoFile|August 6, 2019
Blackjewel Issues Weekly Employee Update A sign greets a skeleton crew of Blackjewel employees who have returned to work at the Belle Ayr mine. (Andrew By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|August 1, 2019
Cloud Peak Energy Bankruptcy Delayed In a motion filed Wednesday afternoon, the auction and sale schedule for Cloud Peak Energy was delayed by one week. The By County 17|July 31, 2019
State Left Campbell County to Fend for Itself in Bankruptcies A warehouse in downtown Gillette sports a Blackjewel sign. The building comes up on Google Maps as the former property By WyoFile|July 31, 2019
Judge Approves Contura Bid, Opens the Door to Additional Bidding At the conclusion of this morning’s hearing into the Stalking-Horse Agreement between Blackjewel and Contura Energy, Judge Frank Volk approved By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|July 26, 2019
No Decision on Contura’s Stalking-Horse Bid After more than an hour of testimony, the judge presiding over the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for Blackjewel LLC decided, By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|July 25, 2019
Court to Consider Contura Stalking Horse Purchaser At a hearing scheduled for 12:30 this afternoon, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Judge By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|July 25, 2019
Blackjewel Employees Tired of Waiting As displaced Blackjewel workers pass their third week without a paycheck, many have decided it’s time to move on. At By Jennifer Kocher for Outliers News|July 22, 2019
Counties Take a Back Seat in Lien Priority Campbell and Converse Counties took a hit today in the ongoing Cloud Peak Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In an order filed By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|July 18, 2019
Blackjewel Permit to Remain in Limbo as Mines’ Outlook Worsens A sign greets a skeleton crew of Blackjewel employees who have returned to work at the Belle Ayr mine. (Andrew By WyoFile|July 17, 2019
Wyoming and Japan Collaborate on Carbon Solutions The Wyoming Infrastructure Authority (WIA) is once again partnering with Japan to further advance carbon technology. “Global challenges require global By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|July 15, 2019
Blackjewel’s Unpaid Bills Wrecked Local Businesses, Owners Say Vern Golay, 63, poses for a photograph in his kitchen. The Gillette resident once owned a small cleaning business with By WyoFile|July 11, 2019
Throwing out a Lifeline Shawna Langdon spent Sunday afternoon shipping pounds of dog food, toilet paper, and boxes of macaroni and cheese to total By Jennifer Kocher for Outliers News|July 9, 2019
Hoops Sets Record Straight in Letter to Laid-off Miners In an effort to “set a little of the record straight,” Blackjewel LLC CEO Jeffrey Hoops laid out the course By Jennifer Kocher for Outliers News|July 5, 2019
State Scrambles to Secure Mines, Help Miners as Company Walks By Andrew Graham, WyoFile Tuesday laid bare the chaos left by Blackjewel LLC’s sudden shuttering of the Eagle Butte and Belle By WyoFile|July 4, 2019
Praying for Hope “As hard as it is right now, we need to pray for Jeff Hoops,” Michelle Young said, her head lowered By Jennifer Kocher for Outliers News|July 3, 2019
West Virginia Judge Denies Blackjewel’s Emergency Financing Motion Haul trucks sit idle at Eagle Butte Mine July 1, 2019, after employees were escorted from the property and the By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|July 3, 2019
State Rallies Around Energy Capital The Campbell County Commissioner meeting was interrupted today by Gov. Mark Gordon, who came to Gillette today at 1:30 p.m., By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|July 2, 2019
Blackjewel Files Bankruptcy Blackjewel Holdings, LLC, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy July 1 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|July 1, 2019
Energy Exposition Celebrates 20 years in Gillette Gov. Mark Gordon and U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney are on the short list of dignitaries speaking at this week’s Energy By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|June 25, 2019
WBC Approves Two Campbell County Projects Two of the three projects the Wyoming Business Council (WBC) voted to move forward at their quarterly board meeting yesterday By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|June 21, 2019
Can Mark Gordon save coal (and stop climate change)? Basin Electric Cooperative's Dry Fork Station, shown here last summer, is the newest coal-fired power plant in the nation. Wyoming's By WyoFile|June 19, 2019
‘Good time’ rolling soon to a jail near you? A section of barbed wire fence surrounds a now-abandoned part of the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. In 2017, the By WyoFile|June 12, 2019
Gordon asks AG for Strategy to sue Washington over Coal Ports Gov. Mark Gordon (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile) By Andrew Graham, WyoFile.com Governor Mark Gordon asked Attorney General Bridget Hill to research By WyoFile|June 5, 2019
WY Oil Levels Peak at 25-year High The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently completed the annual updates to the Interactive Oil and Gas Map of Wyoming, By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|June 4, 2019
WY Joins Western Stakeholders to Expand Natural Gas Markets Gov. Mark Gordon announced Thursday, May 30, that Wyoming has allied itself with a newly formed advocacy group that will By Charity Stewart | Outliers News|May 31, 2019
State Cops Focused on Deceased, Not Officer in Fatal Shooting The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation’s report on a fatal November 2018 shooting focused more on the deceased’s mental health By WyoFile|May 29, 2019
Governor Appoints Randall Luthi As Chief Energy Advisor Gov. Mark Gordon announced Monday, May 20, that Randall Luthi will join his administration as Chief Energy Advisor. Luthi is By Kevin Knapp | Outliers News|May 23, 2019
EQC Delays Coal Permit to Consider Company Track Record A state environmental review board Thursday withheld approval of a mining permit transfer until it could determine whether a sprawling By WyoFile|May 22, 2019
Wyoming Arts Council seeking musicians for 2023 Summer Road Trip Playlist By Cap City News|2 hours ago