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Natural gas back on the table

Natural gas could be back on the table for Sundance. At last week’s regular meeting of the city council, Mayor Paul Brooks announced he had rekindled discussions over bringing this new energy source to town and was hopeful there might be some movement in the near future.

“This is probably the time to strike,” he said, referring to the infrastructure and pandemic-related funding that is currently on the table.

Brooks told the council that he had met with Black Hills Corp recently and had also enlisted the help of an expert. Things have changed since the last time the idea was explored,...