industry

State Rep' Marti Halverson is a woman.

Even before the current economic upheaval, the coal mining industry was in sharp decline.

Sam Galeotos is among five Republicans who have filed to seek their party's nomination in the Aug. 21 primary.

Oklahoma lost four rigs, Louisiana lost three rigs, and Ohio and Utah each lost a single rig.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out in May of 2016 at 404.

Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah and West Virginia were unchanged.

That's a significant rise from 597 rigs that were active this time a year ago.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981.