Facing a $1.8 million shortfall, city decides to make up for loss by cutting back on fertilizing, irrigating and otherwise maintaining public parks and landscaping.

It's telling, columnist Kerry Drake writes, that the fired journalists at the eight shuttered newspapers immediately focused on the impact the closures would have on their readers and communities.

The newly accessible tract represents a little more than half of the Antelope mine's annual production but signals more coal mining actions to come.