Note to readers • This story was originally published by High Country News. In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, couldn’t find enough ...

A Union Pacific train transports coal through Spanish Fork Canyon in Utah County on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) President Donald Trump signed an executive ...

Coal is stored outside the Hunter coal-fired power plant, operated by PacifiCorp, in Emery County on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) As Utah leaders look more ...

Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to “reinvigorate” American coal, the industry isn’t gaining much steam. The Department of Interior offered up thousands of acres for coal mining on public ...

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 ...