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• Slumping natural gas prices force budget cuts in Wyoming

  April 24, 2012 1:02 AM

  CHEYENNE - As natural gas prices nosedive, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead is directing all state agencies to prepare for across the board budget cuts of up to eivght percent for the next 2-year budget period. State agencies were already preparing 4 percent cuts for fiscal year 20-14. But, with... more »

• House explodes in Powell; natural gas likely source

  June 27, 2011 6:57 PM

  POWELL, WYOMING - A home south of Powell, Wyoming was destroyed Sunday night when it exploded and burned to the ground. Powell Fire Chief Joey Darrah tells Q2 News that no one was injured in the blast, but the force of the explosion damaged another home in the same... more »

• Special investigation team to look into Billings house explosion

  June 8, 2011 6:42 PM

  BILLINGS - Officials with Montana Dakota Utilities says the company is bringing in a investigation team from Denver to examine what may have caused today's house explosion in west Billings. Rick Reid, Rocky Mountain region manager from MDU, acknowledges that natural gas was involved in today's explosion, but specific... more »

• Billings explosion rocks west end neighborhood Play Video

  June 8, 2011 3:05 PM

  BILLINGS - Billings Fire Chief Paul Dextras says safety is a top concern for firefighters as they respond to a house explosion in west Billings. Dextras says the force of the explosion this morning that destroyed one home and severely damaged at least three others, was strong enough that... more »

• Billings mayor: home blast caused by natural gas explosion Play Video

  June 8, 2011 2:31 PM

  BILLINGS - A house explosion in west Billings Wednesday morning, totally destroyed one home and extensively damaged at least three others. Billings Police Chief Rich St. John said the explosion occurred at a home at 1409 Granite Ave around 11am Wednesday. St. John said no one was injured and... more »

• Companies use microbes to turn Wyoming coal into gas

  April 5, 2011 5:13 PM

  GILLETTE, Wyo. - Two companies are optimistic they can boost the U.S. natural gas supply by encouraging microscopic bugs to eat more coal. The process occurs naturally: Scientists are just now discovering how microbes eat coal and turn it into methane, the gas people burn in their homes to... more »

• Montana Legislature takes up K-12 funding

  March 22, 2011 10:08 PM

  HELENA- The Montana Senate has approved the main piece in a series of bills to fund K-12 education, after a long debate The measure reallocates 10-percent of the state's oil and natural gas production taxes to fund schools and also creates a "Pathway to Excellence" program to track student success.... more »

• Lost natural gas costs government $23 million per year

  November 30, 2010 8:22 PM

  BILLINGS - Congressional investigators say the government is losing tens of millions of dollars in potential royalties from energy companies that let immense volumes of natural gas escape into the atmosphere. A new Government Accountability Office report says about 50 billion cubic feet of natural gas is needlessly lost... more »

• In western Wyoming, gas industry faces crossroads

  February 20, 2010 12:01 PM

  UPDATE PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) - Drilling rigs on the horizon underscore that cattle ranching and tourism no longer drive the economy in this picturesque town at the foot of the Wind River Range. But the future of the natural gas industry in the Pinedale area - scene of a... more »

• ND Company Makes Final Payment Of $7.1M To Federal Government For Synthetic Natural Gas Plant

  February 4, 2010 11:33 PM

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota company has made its final payment to the federal government for a synthetic gas plant, making up most of the $1.5 billion loss taxpayers initially had on the project. Dakota Gasification Co., a subsidiary of Bismarck-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative, said the $7.1... more »