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Under a new administration, this extraction-industry town feels revitalized.
As the energy market dwindles, some are finding new uses for coal.
Philip Anschutz and Warren Buffett, two of America’s richest moguls, see a greener future for the electric grid.
Hundreds have been laid off.
Two large mines lay off 15 percent of workers, as the industry's troubles come to Wyoming
There is stiff opposition to refugees in the only state without a resettlement program.
Some cities are building lower-cost homes for educators and hospital workers.
The beetle has eaten almost all the host trees, leaving less dead wood to harvest.
Energy states have tried to diversify. Wyoming and Alaska remain highly reliant on oil revenue.
When an investment is good for transient energy workers, but not for a small town.
