Over the past 11 days, the Casper Star-Tribune has presented a series on building the Wyoming community. It explores some the challenges we face in developing sustainable and attractive cities and towns for the long term.
Casper repositions itself for this boom
Casper is growing up.
Districts, teachers adjust to bring new students up to speed on assessments
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Among the things Isaac Hunstable misses about his old elementary school in Washington state are the big toys on the playground and his best friend, Christopher.
State funds help towns accommodate influx of workers
CHEYENNE -- When federal regulators determined that Buffalo needed to replace its water treatment plant not long ago, the small northern Wyoming town suddenly faced a staggering $11 million price tag for a new plant.
Temporary hiccups were fine for permanent Texan
If you're young, strong and unattached, you might see Wyoming as a money tree.
Home is where the grandkids are
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DOUGLAS -- It took 25 years for Jennie Ketner to learn to love Wyoming.
Why they leave: Raw responses from a nursing study
Below are comments from a three-part nurses study conducted by the Research and Planning Section, Wyoming Department of Employment, published 2008.
Wis. native: Don't pine over the negative
It didn't look good.
Buffalo man: 'Western hospitality' is a myth
Understand from the start, he doesn't intend to paint the whole town with the same broad brush.
If a good word travels, couple may follow relatives to Wyoming
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Roy and Colleen Wittbecker consider themselves lucky.
More than half of the state's workers aren't Wyo natives
For many folks, Wyoming is an adopted state.
Family spends first holiday away from former home
SHERIDAN -- The turkey looks perfect.
Wyoming has jobs. What it sometimes lacks is everything else that makes a home.
Pull to be close to relatives proves too much for Ohio family
Wyoming wasn't the problem. Family was.
Family sorts memories and mementos, leaves relatives behind for Wyoming
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Dave Stricker built his family's house from scratch, on land he inherited from his grandmother, who received it from her father-in-law.
Looming labor shortage in Wyoming shifts focus to retention
A wealthy retiree, we'll call him Karl, moved to a part of the rural West where residents had organized a private association to maintain a road.
Husband begins Wyoming adjustment without his family
SHERIDAN -- People are friendly here, Dave Stricker noticed after his move from Michigan in March.
Wife juggles kids, job and moving
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- In the grocery store, Corey and Danielle Stricker had a rule: Don't bump Mom. If her calculator zeroed, the two kids knew, they'd stroll the aisles hours longer.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Dave Stricker used the deep-water fishing poles that lined his garage wall to fish some of North America's largest lakes.
Tourist town shows signs of economic wear
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Like Wyoming during the 1980s bust, some cities in Michigan are being hit harder than others.
Wyoming's appeal to Michigan workers has history
We invited them.
Small town hangs on amid Michigan's 'depression'
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MANCELONA, Mich. -- Pictures from better days cover the inside of Avery's Restaurant.
Michigan family leaves personal history, familiarity for Wyoming
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SHERIDAN -- Sorting through the browning celery at a grocery store, Cherie Stricker shakes her head.
