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Here Come The Tourists! Wyoming Expecting Big Tourism Season With Taiwanese
International tourism to Wyoming has been slow to bounce back after the COVID-19 lockdown, but 2024 should be a good year. Two major airline routes are opening between the U.S. & Taiwan this summer and Wyoming will be a top destination.
Renée JeanMarch 17, 2024
Wyoming’s Historic 117-Year-Old Mountain View Hotel Cafe Is Open Again
Centennial’s Mountain View Historic Hotel & Cafe has been welcoming visitors to the Snowy Range town of Centennial for 117 years. Back then it was for gold miners and railroaders. Now the cafe is open again thanks to a woman and her three daughters.
Renée JeanMarch 17, 2024
Hedge Against Inflation? Alternative Currency "Goldbacks" Catching On In Wyoming
Wyoming wasn't the first state to get its own series of "goldbacks," but it's the tops in the nation for embracing them. The elaborate-looking currency, which has real gold in them, is traded in all 50 states and on every continent except Antarctica.
Renée JeanMarch 17, 2024
Wyoming Entrepreneurs Inspired By Reality TV Small Business Guru Amanda Brinkman
Wyoming small business owners say they’ve been inspired by Hulu reality TV guru Amanda Brinkman, who was in Wyoming touting the benefits of her mantra — do good to do well.
Renée JeanMarch 16, 2024
For Sale: Laramie’s Cowboy Saloon, Where Chancey Williams Was Launched
Famous for its live country music and helping launch the career of Chancey Williams, Laramie’s Cowboy Saloon & Dance Hall is up for sale. In fact, Chancey's annual White Trash Bash is set for April 6 at the Cowboy. The bar is listed for $3.4 million.
Renée JeanMarch 16, 2024
Operation Lone Star: Wyoming Ranchers Convoy Hay To Wildfire-Ravaged Texas
A convoy of six trucks loaded with hay and other items donated by ranchers in Hawk Springs, Torrington, and Chugwater are running to and from Texas to help ranchers there burned out by a 1.1 million-acre wildfire.
Renée JeanMarch 16, 2024
Eating Wyoming: R&B Breakfast Club, Where Elvis And Supersized Meals Are King
The R&B Breakfast Club in Cheyenne has a collection of Elvis memorabilia that took 20 years to collect. The popular diner also serves Elvis-sized portions for breakfast and lunch, including fried peanut butter banana sandwiches (upon request).
Renée JeanMarch 16, 2024
Trash To Treasure: Box Elders Could Drive A New Wyoming Maple Syrup Industry
Those blue buckets on box elder trees in Rawlins are part of a feasibility study to see if syrup from the trees can be commercialized. Food critics say the syrup from maples - which are difficult to grow in Wyoming - and box elders is indistinguishable.
Renée JeanMarch 16, 2024
National Outdoors Leadership School Announces Massive Layoffs, Wyoming Mostly Spared
The Lander-based National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) laid off 60 workers and closed three campuses across the U.S. this week. The organization says there are serious financial challenges to overcome despite its "robust $50 million endowment and strong financial reserves to weather these storms."
Andrew RossiMarch 15, 2024
Iconic Deer Haven Lodge Near Ten Sleep Reopens
After months of hard work new owners reopened the storied Deer Haven Lodge near Ten Sleep on Thursday. The lodge, which dates back to 1917, has long been a beloved getaway for Wyoming residents and visitors.
Mark HeinzMarch 14, 2024
Gillette-Based Atlas Carbon Makes $440K Payment On Defaulted $15 Million State Loan
Atlas Carbon, a Gillette-based producer of activated carbon for filters, has paid nearly $440,000 to resolve a default ruling on a $15 million loan from the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board. "We consider them in good standing," a spokesman for the board said.
Pat MaioMarch 13, 2024
Wyoming Plant Fined $400,000 For Mishandling Explosive Chemicals
Dyno Nobel of Cheyenne has been fined nearly $400,000 by the EPA for mishandling explosive chemicals. But the fine isn’t related to the 30 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer the company shipped that was lost last year.
Pat MaioMarch 12, 2024