SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he was outraged over a plea deal that settles criminal charges against the operator of a Utah coal mine that experienced two lethal cave-ins in ...

Dan Taylor has had many different roles during his 28-year career at the University, from professor to department head to chair of the Nevada Faculty Alliance. He has performed at a high level at each ...

ROCK SPRINGS - The Crandall Canyon, Utah coal mine accident in the summer of 2007 killed eight miners and one federal inspector in one of the worst mining disasters of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump expedited the country's first environmental review of a major coal mine project and it happens to be in Utah. "This is a critical step in unleashing the full ...

Environmental groups are knocking the Trump administration’s decision to open thousands of acres for coal mining that are a stone’s throw away from beloved public lands like Zion, Bryce Canyon and ...

This story is part of a series on the future of Utah’s Coal Country. Read the other stories about labor in the coal mines and the economic transition in the town of Helper. Several years ago, Jade ...

HUNTINGTON, Utah — Hundreds of rescuers broke through walls of rock Monday in a desperate race to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground by a cave-in so powerful authorities initially ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials rejected a mining company’s bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah, marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in ...