Coal has been a stable industry for more than 30 years in Wyoming, but the downturn brought home the pressure on the industry. 1,000 miners lost their jobs and for those who are still working in coal country uncertainty has become commonplace. The industry is still there, but what kind of job does it offer and what kind of future. 

Energy reporter Heather Richards went to coal country at the end of the March, near the two-year anniversary of the biggest layoffs to talk jobs and the future of coal. 

 

 

(Music credits: Sundown by Josh Woodward and Infinity by the Midnight Sons.)