ST. LOUIS, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) and Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership (GNP) announced today that they have signed a coal lease comprising all of GNP's coal resources in the Otter Creek Tracts located in southeastern Montana.

By Anonymous COAL The Otter Creek coal tracks in Montana could be opened for development thanks to a request made to the state of Montana by London investment bank, Rothschild, on behalf of an unspecified company.

By Gransbery, Jim Deep seams of coal underlie the prairies of the Great Northern Plains. Some are more valued than others, some not at all. Some are being mined while other sites remain in perpetual potential.

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - A freight train derailed in this college town Monday, spilling gasoline into a creek, sparking a brief fire and forcing evacuations because of fumes.

By Tom Henry, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Nov. 6--Barring another extension, Envirosafe Services of Ohio Inc. can't accept hazardous waste past Dec. 29, 2015, at the landfill it operates at Otter Creek and Cedar Point roads in Oregon.