The thought of an academic competition may not typically drum up visions of welding and diesel engines. But that’s the theme this Friday and Saturday, when Gillette College hosts the Skills USA welding fabrications and diesel technology competitions. Both competitions require high school and college students to demonstrate hands-on skills through a series of practical tests, as well as [...]
Employers statewide are encouraged to attend the workplace safety and violence training seminars to be held this spring by the Wyoming Highway Patrol and Wyoming Office of Homeland Security. The three-and-a-half hour presentations will teach workers how to react in emergency situations. Participants will learn to understand their surroundings, develop an emergency action plan and follow their intuition. Courses will [...]
SHERIDAN — Luminous Brewhouse owners and brewers will be making big moves in the first half of 2016 — even if the physical move is only three blocks north. The company’s leadership announced this week that the brewery will be moving to 504 Broadway St., expanding brewing operations and creating a tap room dedicated to Luminous beers. Currently, Luminous [...]
As the nation’s second largest supplier of energy resources, including coal, gas, oil, and uranium, Wyoming might seem to be sitting pretty in terms of the economy. But, the state’s energy resource producers know that supply, demand, production, and other forces around the world can suddenly change everything. They can’t rest on their laurels. According to an article about [...]
What Wyoming industry has customers spending $8.8 million dollars per day, supports over 31,000 jobs, and has increased by 4.9% between 2000 and 2013? Need a hint? It’s an industry that takes full advantage of Wyoming’s natural resources, including its mountains, forests, waterways, and wildlife. It even delights in the glories of winter, urging people to get out and [...]
By Site Selection Magazine If manufacturing’s $2-trillion contribution to the US economy were a country, it would be the ninth-largest economy in the world, US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker told the nation on October 2, 2015 — the fourth annual National Manufacturing Day. Making things comprises 12 percent of US GDP. But though 90 percent of the country believes [...]
Since 1994, when the organization was founded, Kaycee Buffalo Johnson Economic Development has been concerned with attracting businesses to Johnson County and helping existing businesses to grow. More than that, KBJ Economic Development wants to work on diversifying the economy. This is critical to the health of the whole community. The proverb about not putting all one’s eggs into [...]
Healthy communities have cultural resources of sufficient quality to serve the needs of current residents and attract new people to put down roots and become residents. When the community bands together to raise taxes for a cultural resource, you can bet that resource is adding value to their lives. Such is the case with the November 2014 vote to [...]
“Growing up in a rural situation gives you two options, finding a way to entertain yourself or having adults find something to occupy your time, like bailing hay. You'd be surprised how far your imagination will go to keep you away from honest labor.” - Craig Allen Johnson (http://craigallenjohnson.com/) Wyoming fits author Craig Johnson’s description of the perfect place [...]
By Site Selection Magazine Each year, Site Selection surveys consultants to better understand the perceptions that guide their advice to clients. As in the past, this year’s respondents to the seven-question survey represent a broad spectrum of organizations and disciplines ranging from commercial real estate transaction support to incentives consulting. Responding consultants also differed widely in terms of industry [...]