Layoffs

They are cutting jobs, staff hours and pay, dropping print editions -- and in some cases shutting down entirely.

Auto sales are plummeting, and car makers have closed factories.

It's the latest shakeup in what has been a turbulent several years for Wyoming coal mines and the industry as a whole.

However, the company said, most of them were given the option to relocate to other Halliburton operating areas where more activity is anticipated.

Coal production in Wyoming has dropped by one-third in the past five years.

U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Mike Enzi called the layoffs heartbreaking.

The changes were made after a gaming consultant was hired to review the casino's operations.

Since July of last year, Mills firefighters have responded to 912 calls for service, union representatives said in the Wednesday release.

Cloud Peak owns the Antelope and Cordero Rojo mines in Wyoming and the Spring Creek mine in Montana.

​The Star-Tribune and its predecessor newspapers has printed a paper in some form in Casper since 1891. ​