BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Eastern Montana residents will weigh in this week on a proposed 83-mile coal railroad with the potential to usher in a dramatic expansion of mining in the state and increase ...

The number of freight trains loaded with coal that pass through Montana could significantly grow in the next several years, thanks to the planned development of new ports on the West Coast with an eye ...

The average number of coal trains traveling through Missoula has remained flat the past three years, according to Montana Rail Link. But Montanans are among those who have contributed to the massive ...

You’ve probably heard all the arguments against the proposed expansion of coal production. Dozens more traffic-stopping trains on the rails across Puget Sound. The potential environmental impact. On ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - An empty Montana Rail Link coal train heading east near Clinton ran into a steel culvert filled with rocks Thursday evening. The train engineer told investigators it looked like a ...

A recent letter to the editor proclaimed a variety of inaccuracies regarding the anticipated impacts from coal trains traveling through Montana. The letter proclaimed that “multinational corporations ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — The rise of renewable energy sources poses life-changing questions for Montana’s coal country. The town of Colstrip has a century’s dependence on coal production. The Crow and ...

A pair of coal companies have struck a deal on a disputed Montana mine that both sides said could boost Asian exports through the West Coast, but won't prevent up to 75 layoffs in the short term. The ...

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HELENA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has replied to Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber regarding the potential scope of its environmental review of expansive new ports on the West Coast, but it remains ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Navajo tribe-owned company bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana on Monday in the biggest U.S. coal sale in more than a ...