From the monthly archives:

June 2008

June 30, 2008

The Wyoming Baby Boom

Sheridan – Wyoming is getting younger and richer.
Rarely do these two demographics merge and create happy endings. Wyoming is trying to be the exception.
The money part is pretty straightforward. Wyoming’s real earnings in 2006 reached their highest level in 36 years. Our job growth in 2007 was the second highest in the nation.
The aging part [...]

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June 23, 2008

“Does the River Run Downstream?”

Casper – Retailers have the expression that you “open your doors and the public comes in.” That’s equally true for the National Park Service and certainly for Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. A range of humanity drives, walks, bikes or snowmobiles into our national parks and they bring with them all of society’s strengths [...]

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June 16, 2008

Winslow Friday’s Eagle

Wind River Sun Dance and Religious Freedom
Laramie – For centuries, the Northern Arapaho Tribe has conducted the Sun Dance, of which the centerpiece is the offering of an eagle to the Creator. Dancers, wearing eagle feathers, chant and blow whistles made from eagle wing bones. The eagle’s tail is placed at the top of a [...]

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June 6, 2008

Lander Talks … Wyofile Listens

Lander – I called Habitat for Humanity the other day about an old house in Riverton which was being offered virtually free to anyone who would move it. After 15 years of swearing I was about to start building a cabin in the country, maybe I could sneak this old building onto my land under [...]

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