Production

U.S. coal production as it is has been falling steadily for more than a decade.

The company said the increase would start on April 1.

Arch expects Black Thunder to produce between 62 million and 68 million tons of coal this year.

The volunteer theatre troupe the Queens Players have teamed up with the Cathedral Home for Children in Laramie to put on an original production, “The Tinwoodsman.”

Charles Mathisen was indicted on two counts of possession of child pornography and seven counts of production of child pornography.

The case started in May 2016 when the Gillette Police Department began the investigation of a sexual assault of a prepubescent girl.

Friday, prosecutors amended the penalties for production of child pornography from a minimum of 35 years of imprisonment to automatic life imprisonment.

This year, miners dug about 20 percent more coal from beneath the Wyoming soil between April and June than they did in 2016.