Layoffs

The national jobless rate was 14.7% in April.

The company said it is working to provide resources to employees and their families.

Beyond the impacted Wyoming facilities, the diesel shop in Glendive, Montana will be permanently closed.

The smallest companies, those with fewer than 20 workers, cut nearly 3.4 million jobs.

St. Louis-based Peabody declined to comment.

All told, roughly nearly 12 million people are now receiving unemployment checks.

They are cutting jobs, staff hours and pay, dropping print editions -- and in some cases shutting down entirely.

Auto sales are plummeting, and car makers have closed factories.

States are expected to get some help from the federal government.

It's the latest shakeup in what has been a turbulent several years for Wyoming coal mines and the industry as a whole.