Nearly 70 years ago, a mathematical physicist from Powell, Wyoming, traveled to Japan to help the country rebuild following the devastating effects of World War II. W. Edwards Deming’s theories helped the Japanese revolutionize manufacturing processes and quality control. He later brought those practices to bear in the United States and watched his statistical- and management-focused approach rejuvenate a [...]

From her shop on Bennett Street in Buffalo, Kelsey McDonnell handcrafts jewelry and accessories stamped with meaningful inscriptions. She began with bracelets bearing inspirational quotations, but her shop – Wyoming Creative – has grown to include cuff links, key chains and even fishing lures. Right now is the slow season, but soon Christmas shoppers will pour into her online [...]

The Miners have been here before. In the early ‘70s, and again in the ‘80s. So, when energy prices sloughed in this latest downturn, the family did what it has always done: reinvent the company. Dan Miner’s father started Casper-based Industrial Screen and Maintenance in 1969, a time of economic malaise in Wyoming. The company is a machine shop [...]

Citing both the state’s tax climate and high number of startup entrepreneurs, the personal finance news and features website GOBankingRates.com finds the Cowboy State as the most-favorable place in the nation to begin a new business. In its report released Sept. 26, the site ranked Wyoming as the best state to start a business. According to the report, the [...]

The Wyoming Office of Tourism was recently honored with two national awards. TravelWyoming.com —WOT’s new website — won the Web Marketing Association’s 2016 Outstanding Website Award. In addition, WOT’s popular sticker program won a WOW Award for Most Creative Idea from the Destination Marketing Association International. According to its website, the Web Marketing Association organizes the WebAward Competition. Now [...]

On most afternoons, a magenta glow can be seen reflecting out from the eastside stairwell of the Bomber Mountain Civic Center. If you follow the light down the stairs and through the side door, you’ll find yourself in what was once the middle school’s music room, but in place of scattered music stands and an upright piano collecting dust, [...]

This is a story of a real-life David and Goliath – a large company with deep pockets strongarming a small Main Street business in Buffalo, Wyoming. But the story is a bit different because, in this case, David doesn’t have a slingshot to fight back. The story revolves around what’s called “trademark bullying.” Business News Daily says trademark bullying [...]

Ever since Amy Sawyer was a little girl in Cheyenne she’s thought of Buffalo as her home. Her first impressions of Johnson County came from summertime trips to visit family, which has lived in these parts since the late 1800’s. When she introduced her husband Jeff to the area he fell in love with it too, and soon enough [...]

Just ask Karen Hostetler, president of Buffalo’s Mountain Meadow Wool. Her strategy: great product combined with help from local economic development officials plus visibility boosted by social media. Click here to learn more!

Wyoming has the most competitive tax code in the nation according to the 13th annual State Business Tax Climate Index, released today by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. The report measures how well-structured each state’s tax code is by analyzing over 100 tax variables in five different tax categories: corporate, individual income, sales, property, and unemployment insurance. Click here to [...]