Absaloka mine, top employer, and revenue source for the Crow Tribe, shipped its final railcar of coal early Tuesday, though operator Westmorland Mining LLC indicates closure isn't imminent.

John Spierling pulls a cart up the trail last month filled with a generator and cleaning equipment to help remove graffiti from the mine on Mount Sentinel.

Cook Inletkeeper joined a lawsuit last month opposing the proposed Johnson Tract gold mine project on the west side of the ...