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Wyoming
In pricey Western towns, employers truck in workers' homes from factories
Jan 13, 2025
Wyoming Game and Fish stretched state dollars in a costly market by renting factory-constructed homes to staff.
Skijoring brings cowboys and skiers to Western towns, but warm weather leaves the sport in flux
by
Caitlin Tan
Mar 7, 2024
Many small towns across the Rocky Mountain West depend on the sport for an economic boost during an otherwise slow winter, but this year it's been tricky with unseasonably warm temperatures.
Nation's fourth- and sixth-largest mines shut down
by
Scott Tong
Jul 2, 2019
Two of the largest coal-producing mines in the United States were closed down without warning.
Wyoming coal community imagines a new future
by
Cooper McKim
Jun 3, 2019
The threat of coal plant closures is making Kemmerer, Wyoming, think closely about diversification.
Undocumented workers in Wyoming struggle to get workers' comp
Apr 8, 2019
Wyoming is the state with the most dangerous workplaces.
Do "superstar" companies hold down wages?
by
Reema Khrais
Aug 24, 2018
This week, central bankers, finance ministers and economists from the around the world flew to the mountain resort of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. They’re there for an annual economic symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. One focus of this year’s event is on so-called “superstar” firms like Amazon, which is a half-million […]
Reinventing the rural health care system
Feb 2, 2018
A new report outlines the challenges the health care system in rural communities faces.
For public good, not for profit.
Uranium companies in the U.S. are hoping demand will return
by
Madelyn Beck
Dec 26, 2017
Could there be a uranium boom on the horizon? If there is, it would help coal-heavy Wyoming.
Skill shortages hamper fracking operations
Jul 17, 2017
Oil prices are recovering. Oil companies are expanding their U.S. operations. But a skilled worker shortage is not helping.
Gillette, Wyoming: Industry and politics in coal country
by
Eliza Mills
and Hayley Hershman
Mar 10, 2017
Under a new administration, this extraction-industry town feels revitalized.