Tri-State Generation and Transmission Associations plans to build an 895-MW new coal plant in Holcomb, Kansas are now “remote,” company officials said in a filing with state regulators. The filing ...

Steve Hench watches his 3-year-old son, Oliver Hench, swinging in a park in Weir, Kansas. WEIR, Kansas — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives ...

The Great Depression hit the Tri-State District mining industry hard. Lead and zinc had already been in steep decline through the latter 1920s, but coal’s decline was slower. The coal industry of ...

12 December 2005 – A US power company has awarded a contract for the design of what will be the largest coal fired power plant in the Midwest region. Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L), a subsidiary of ...

The Tri-State District is famous for its lead and zinc mines. Accounts of the district’s growth usually focus upon the spread of the mines from early diggings in Granby and East Joplin. However, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on ...

Almost five years after 159 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge committing to cut anthropogenic methane emissions by 30% by 2030, coal mines are releasing roughly the same amount of the potent ...