Colstrip News

Congressman Denny Rehberg wrapped up his series of eight town hall meetings across Southeastern Montana this week, discussing the ramifications of the "Cap and Trade Bill." Congressman Rehberg says he and his constituents are concerned with the future of Montana and its energy independence.

Units 1 to 4 of the Colstrip Steam Electric Station rise behind a coal-ash disposal pond in Colstrip, Montana.

SBC Wire Routing Here's a really neat way to route the spark plug wires on a small-block Chevy.

This Memorial Day takes on a new meaning for several Montana families remembering a loved one killed in the line of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan in the past year.

Minot State football coach Paul Rudolph has announced the signing of two recruits from eastern Montana.

Oletta Mae Salitros, 84, Brazil, passed away at St. Vincent Clay Hospital April 24, 2009, at 11:40 p.m., following a short illness.

Billings Bernice Mason, 406-256-2828 Bozeman Montana State University, 406-994-3395 Browning Carrie Jackson at Eagle Shield Center, 406-338-7257 Colstrip Jennifer Anderson, 406-346-7320 Glendive Pete Bruno at Parents Resource Center, 406-377-7515 Helena Jeannette B. Mattfeldt, 406-442-8207 Lewistown Denise Seilstad, 406-535-3919 ...

More than 300 miners in Colstrip will go back to work Tuesday after approving contracts Sunday afternoon.

Union members will vote Sunday on a contract proposal that could end a strike at the Rosebud Mine outside Colstrip.

MISSOULA - Christiane von Reichert, a University of Montana geography professor, spends her summers at high school reunions - and none of them her own.

BILLINGS - Employees of Western Energy Company's Rosebud Mine near Colstrip have gone on strike after rejecting a four-year contract offer.

A bill encouraging construction of pipelines to ship captured carbon dioxide to market is being debated in the Montana Legislature, where it's drawing support - and criticism - over the use of eminent domain.

The choice was a tough one for game warden Jason Snyder and his wife, Lori, but in the end, the $20,000 salary increase won them over.

Peggy L. deMontigny-Lappe, 74, of Great Falls, died Thursday at Peace Hospice, after a long illness.

Industry and environmental interests were sharply divided at a Senate hearing Thursday over a bill in the state Legislature that would put a carbon-sequestration program under the state Board of Oil and Gas, ...

HELENA - The House and Senate advanced a series of bills Tuesday aimed at paving the way for major development by limiting the public's ability to appeal environmental permits.

Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Billings, on February 19, 2009, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, ...

The Montana Public Service Commission this week will begin evaluating NorthWestern Energy's plan to build and operate a $206 million natural gas-fired generator east of Anaconda.

Boulders of coal sludge at the Kingston Tennessee Valley Authority plant in Tennessee.

Last column, I suggested folks need to start paying attention to the fundamentals of our economy.