As of 2020, Carbon County had no active coal mines, and only four, including Fossil Rock, continue to operate in Emery. Coal jobs in Utah fell by half from the early 1980s to the 1990s.

Carbon County, home to Price, Helper, Sunnyside and more, relied mostly on mines for its economy. The mines are shrinking in ...

Read the other stories about labor in the coal mines and the economic ... and the mayor of Price City, Carbon County’s seat and the largest city in southeastern Utah with just over 8,000 residents.

The Utah Inland Port Authority has added a coal mine to its development plan in Carbon and Emery counties ... will create high-paying jobs in Emery County and ultimately will provide millions ...

Crews recently began work on an abandoned mine ... Carbon County which put out plumes of hazardous smoke into the air within the last few months. According to Steve Fluke, program manager for the ...

Because coal mines, almost by definition, exist in rural places, Utah’s cities have long been ... Co. built a coal-fired power plant in Carbon County. It was a signal of things to come.