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"Celebrate the Arts" was launched about 20 years ago as a sculpture-based event but has since branched out to include the literary, visual, and performing arts. They've attracted hundreds of people each year and are hosted at sites throughout the county. The festivities begin Thursday, Aug. 25 and run through Sunday, Aug. 28.
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Absaroka Valley Ammunition will break ground in August and hopes to hire 15-25 employees to start out. They hope with time, their facilities and employee base will grow, eventually creating 45 to 60 jobs in the community. Several firearms companies have relocated to Wyoming in recent years, largely due to the state's gun-friendly laws and culture.
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George Ostrom served in the U.S. Army in France and a short time in Germany during WWI, sketching scenes that he encountered in combat as well as behind the lines. He lived most of his life in Sheridan and was actively involved in veterans affairs and had a career as a commercial artist, wolf hunter, and conservation advocate in later years. Some credit him with the iconic bucking horse image that's been featured on Wyoming license plates since the mid-1930s.
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Rent and housing prices, and property values are continuing to increase though there remains a relative shortage of housing options for many. New tiered housing, marketed to those with lower, middle, and upper incomes, is aimed at alleviating this shortage. A third party study that was released earlier this year indicated that 990 new housing units will be required to meet the housing demand over the next decade.
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Ernest Hemingway is considered by many in the literary field to be one of the most prolific authors in American literature. Books such as ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls,’ and ‘A Farewell to Arms’ are just two of his famous works. A conference that will be held in Sheridan beginning July 17 celebrates his works and his life.
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This will be the first time the event has been held in Wyoming. Hemingway visited the state on many occasions during his lifetime and wrote some of his most famous works here, including 'A Farewell to Arms.' He also married his third wife at the Union Pacific depot in Cheyenne in 1940. The Hemingway Society, which has hosted conferences every two years since 1980, is sponsoring the event.
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WY Vote was initially launched in 2018 and was officially incorporated as a non-profit in 2021. A recently revamped website features more information, such as a list of candidates running for office in each county. It aims to increase voter participation, provide information to voters about who's running for office across the state, and what the requirements are to cast a ballot.
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The event was held at Sheridan College and featured incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney and her four opponents vying for votes to fill Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat.
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The event comes as the fighting in Ukraine nears it's fifth month. Several million people have fled the country, with some areas heavily damaged or destroyed by the fighting. The benefit concert through its partnership with the Sheridan County YMCA has already raised tens of thousands of dollars for humanitarian efforts in and outside of Ukraine.
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This year's event marked crowned the state's first Jewish Miss Wyoming and first Chinese American Miss Wyoming Outstanding Teen. The Miss America competition has been held since 1922 with Wyoming sending its first participant in 1932. The Miss Wyoming Teen competition has been held since Miss America launched it in 2005.