Signs being held by protestors of a natural-gas fired power plant in Laurel, Montana. (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan). As temperatures outside climbed toward triple digits in Billings ...

Although mountain laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower, I rarely see it growing in our area. In fact, locally I know of just one small shrub growing out of a rock formation above French Creek near ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Forest Service says a devastating disease has popped up in another Eastern Carolina county. Officials say laurel wilt, a disease of redbay and other plants in ...

Back in 2021, the Laurel City Council was staring down a crowded room as it considered whether to make a zoning change to accommodate NorthWestern Energy’s plans to build a gas-fired power plant south ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A zoning lawsuit entangling NorthWestern Energy’s gas-fired power plant in Laurel has ended in ...

LAUREL, Mont. — Laurel City Council decided to not approve zone changes for a new natural gas plant on Tuesday night. Instead, they'll send the plans back to the zoning board. The council decided more ...

A Yellowstone County judge has revoked the permit that the state issued for a gas plant NorthWestern Energy is building in Laurel, effectively halting construction of the project. The ruling Thursday ...