Wyoming Business

Idaho, along with Montana and Utah, had an index of over 95 percent – meaning it’s largely succeeding when it comes to growing new industries.

Two Campbell County commissioners have won support from 10 companies in the energy industry to raise local property taxes to help build a technical education center at Gillette College.

The Hathaway Program is expected to generate at least $16 million a year for scholarships — most of it reserved for merit-based aid for UW and community college students from Wyoming.

“You’ve got to educate workers and visitors about staying and working in Wyoming,” “We’re looking at insurance, warehousing and transportation,” said Goss. “These aren’t elite companies, but they’re good jobs.”

"First Interstate Bank always has been, and still is, a family-owned bank," Scott said. He served as chairman of the board from the 1980s until 2004, when he retired.

Sylvia Jones, senior research analyst, said that of five people coming to Wyoming, only one will stay over time.

At noon on Thursday, University of Wyoming President Tom Buchanan will discuss the decision to build a supercomputer center in Cheyenne.

"The Wyoming Legislature, and in particular Gov. Dave Freudenthal, have done a stellar job of planning and executing new transmission out of Wyoming," Bruce Morley said. "The Wyoming Infrastructure Authority has been a leader in that."

Wyoming’s next energy boom could ride in on the wind.

Wyoming has been in the survey’s top 10 since the study began in 2004. The study attributes Wyoming’s high ranking to being a right-to-work state with no personal or corporate income taxes and having low operating costs for business.