WILLIAMSVILLE -- Coal company bankruptcies -- and the job uncertainty that results -- are not new to the communities surrounding Viper Mine. Arch Coal Co. of St. Louis, which filed for bankruptcy ...

WILLIAMSVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — The Viper Mine coal plant locations near Elkhart and Williamsville are permanently closed, and one local official said they weren’t aware of the initial announcement. On ...

ELKHART, Ill. (AP) — Owners of a central Illinois coal mine are seeking a zoning change to allow the expansion of a coal-waste storage facility. The Viper Mine proposal goes before Logan County zoning ...

LINCOLN — Owners of the Viper Mine near Elkhart have filed an initial application with the state for expansion of a controversial coal-waste storage site at the mine. The application review at the ...

ELKHART — The fate of the Viper Mine in Elkhart, and its more than 300 jobs, hangs in the balance. The Logan County Board is expected to vote Tuesday on a request for rezoning for waste storage that ...

ELKHART - The owners of a coal mine in central Illinois are asking zoning officials to consider a change that would allow for the expansion of a coal-waste storage facility. The proposal from Viper ...

LINCOLN — The parent company of Logan County’s Viper Mine, St. Louis-based Arch Coal, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A company spokesman said operations at the mine near Elkhart will ...

LINCOLN - Logan County leaders have approved rezoning farmland so that it can become an expanded coal-waste storage site. The Logan County Board voted 10-1 on Tuesday night on the zoning request for ...