Workforce

Over the past couple of months, parents and community members worked overtime to re-open the old daycare under a new name – Little Lambs, and as a nonprofit.

Back in 2010, Wyoming had 855 licensed daycare centers. But in the last 14 years, 285 of those have shut down. Meanwhile, the need for childcare is on the uptick. Last March, the town of Dubois, population 931, lost its only daycare. Now, some local parents are racing to find a solution.

Wyoming qualifies as a childcare desert, with a 34 percent gap between the needs of families and the number of daycare centers available. To help the problem, Wyoming legislators are considering a bill that would lift restrictions on how many families a nanny can serve.

Mike Rowe, of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” fame, stopped by Casper College recently. Rowe focuses on trade jobs like welding or electricians rather than the four year college path. Wyoming Public Radio’s Jordan Uplinger spoke with Rowe about his foundation, the state of jobs and the meaning of work.

A Pew Research Center analysis found that one in six journalists are now part of a union, and more than twice that want to join one. However, it also found that smaller publications, like those in the rural Mountain West, are less likely to unionize. Of those with fewer than 10 people, only 4% have a union.

A Nevada workforce training initiative focused on rural and Indigenous communities is among a handful of workforce programs in the Mountain West receiving millions of dollars in funding through the Biden administration’s Good Jobs Challenge.

The Mountain West Innovation Summit began on Tuesday, June 21, in Laramie, with around 75 people coming from all over the country to discuss the future of technology, jobs and energy in our region.

Powell High School and Northwest College are partnering to offer vocational classes to high school students who are not planning to go to college.Students…

The majority of states have recovered labor forces since the end of the Great Recession, but Wyoming has actually seen the steepest drop in the…

Afterschool programs across the country celebrated the 19th annual Lights On Afterschool, a national rally to underscore the importance of afterschool…