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There are still 16 Las Vegas properties that have not signed new contracts with the culinary union.
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A group of state investors and business leaders known as Impact 307 are trying to spur innovation in Wyoming, and a brand new competition that took place in Gillette is doing just that. The first Annual Energy Capital Start-Up Challenge chose three unique ideas made by Wyomingites. Jordan Uplinger spoke with Scot Rendall, the head of The Energy Capital Start-Up.
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Many workers have seen an increase in their annual wages since the pandemic began, and the Mountain West is no exception to this trend.
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The Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office indicate there was a 25 percent increase in revenue from business filings compared to last. According to The Digital Project Manager’s findings, there are 12,357 small businesses/100,000 people and nearly a 120 percent increase in business applications from 2019 to 2022.
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Angela Harltey-Drube, owner of Live 2 Dance, is the recipient of the Wyoming Council for Women's 2023 Jan Torres Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
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Local efforts were made to preserve the historic buildings of Gillette Avenue between 1st Street and 7th Streets. The Gillette Downtown Historic District was added earlier this year, with 30 buildings dating from the late 19th century to the 1960s included.
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A new report suggests that as the craft beer industry's growth slows and competition increases, breweries in the region will have to work even harder to stand out.
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The Campbell County Convention and Visitors Bureau will roll out geofencing technology to track rodeo participants and visitors. They're doing so to get a better understanding of where money is spent in the community and how it can help benefit the local economy. Other information, such travel routes to and from the event site, is also a focus that local officials and businesses can use in future decision making. But while some are optimistic of what this could mean for the local economy, others are skeptical of these plans.
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The YES House began the business in the fall of 2022 in an introductory business class that teaches students about the skills that are necessary to operate a successful business. Originally an in-house venture, awareness of the business has spread throughout the community where deliveries are being made. Though uncertain of where its future is currently, there's talk of expanding to a food cart or truck to service local community events.
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It’s been a tough year for cryptocurrency – especially with the collapse of the massive exchange FTX. Yet, some Mountain West states are still courting crypto companies.
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The visitor facility is owned by the U.S. Forest Service and was operated by them until closing in 2012. It was briefly reopened in 2019 and is now being leased to Sheridan County Travel & Tourism to operate this summer. It's one of two visitor centers in the Bighorn National Forest.
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Congress invoked the Railway Labor Act, passed nearly a century ago, that forced the four remaining rail unions that had rejected the Biden Administration's brokered deal largely due to a lack of stipulations for paid time off to accept it, avoiding a nationwide strike. But a Gillette union leader indicated there are potential positives for rail unions and workers in their relationships with the the railroads.