College credit for high school students focus of public meetings The ability for students to earn both high school and college credits at the same time will be the focus of a series of meetings across Wyoming during September.

EPA: Pavillion wells contaminated Yesterday, the EPA told property owners here that their fears of well contamination were confirmed by tests. Of the 23 wells tested in January, low levels of hydrocarbons were found in 17 of them.

Visitors urge southeast Wyoming to prepare for oil boom That was the advice from visiting county officials to southeastern Wyoming counties preparing for a coming oil boom as oil producers use new horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology to tap the Niobrara formation oil shale deposits in southe

Lusk Business Park awaits assessment Town officials are awaiting an assessment being done on the 38-acre Lusk Business Park to determine whether they will lease or sell parcels to prospective tenants.

Private jet charter company on fastest-growing list New Flight Charters, a U.S.-based private jet charter business based in Jackson Hole, has been named one of the fastest-growing private companies in America for the second consecutive year.

Opposing groups meet to discuss monastery proposal The attorneys for the monks of the New Mount Carmel of America and the objectors to the proposed new monastery incorporating the monks' coffee roasting business to be built outside of Meeteetse will meet Wednesday, Sept. 1, in a closed meeting.

SBA works to improve data integrity, clarity Small businesses won a record $96.8 billion in federal prime contracts in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 (Oct. 1, 2008-Sept. 30, 2009), an increase of more than $3 billion from FY 2008, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration's fourth annual small busi

Transportation commission awards $21.5 million in contracts During its August meeting, the Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded contracts totaling nearly $21.5 million for seven highway projects around the state.

Synergy Construction wins Wyo Minority Small Biz of the Year Greg Rael, owner of Synergy Construction, has been selected as the 2010 Wyoming Minority Small Business of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).