New mines revive communities with jobs but concern environmentalists

08/29/09 CENTERTOWN, Ky.-- A five-minute drive from this community's lone gas station is a gateway to untapped riches: a bed of coal twice the size of Lake Michigan. Earth-movers are peeling back layers of dirt and limestone here at the Midway mine and at other once-abandoned mining sites around the Illinois Basin, a coal-rich region in Illinois, southwestern Indiana and northwestern Kentucky.M

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Combs leads the way in bareback riding

08/16/09 Results from the 24th annual Missouri Rodeo Cowboys Association Finals that were held Thursday through Saturday at the State Fair Dodge Arena as part of the Missouri State Fair.

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GH closer to $640,000 grant for downtown

08/12/09 Grand Haven passed the first step toward getting a little help paying for the estimated $6 million Washington Avenue improvement project.

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Coal rush brings back jobs

08/09/09 A five-minute drive from this community's lone gas station leads to a gateway to untapped riches: A bed of coal twice the size of Lake Michigan.

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Procession showed a community at its best

08/05/09 There were hundreds of American flags, maybe thousands if you counted all the ones held and waved by scouts.

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