COLSTRIP, Mont. — For over half a century, Puget Sound Energy, Washington state’s largest utility, has been intertwined with this company town. Colstrip exists as we know it today because of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coal dust trails behind a large mine dump truck near Colstrip, Montana (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan). Longtime ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The entire Montana Congressional delegation has introduced a measure in Congress — in both the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As power-hungry data centers proliferate, states are searching for ways to protect utility customers from the steep costs of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Amid a federal government shutdown, the Republican-held U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to open up ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal officials rejected a company's bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton, in what would have been the biggest U.S.

The poor showing in the nation’s top coal-producing region could be a warning sign for the Trump administration’s effort to bolster the industry. The Bureau of Land Management rejected the single bid ...