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GILLETTE, Wyo. – Wyoming’s Integrated Test Center will host one of two projects selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for Phase III funding of a large-scale pilot carbon capture project.
DOE announced today it has awarded $99 million to two projects for Phase III of their Demonstration of Large-Scale Pilo...
Ammo manufacturer relocates to Sundance
Feb 26 2021An ammunition manufacturer that was originally founded in New Hampshire will soon be relocating to this area. Discreet Ballistics exclusively produces subsonic ammunition and aims to continue delivering its products nationwide from its new home in Sundance.
“Discreet Ballistics was established in a barn in the foothills of the New Hampshir...
Hulett, Wy: A Small Town with Big Plans
Feb 3 2021Expanding from the shadow of the nation's first national monument, Devils Tower, lies Hulett, a quiet town of about 400 people. Located in the Black Hills of northeast Wyoming, Hulett is known for outdoors recreation like hunting and fishing. But the town of approximately 400 is quickly becoming known fo...
What once was old, now, is new again!
A joint effort by several groups in the Sundance community has come to fruition with the restoration of the Old Stoney Schoolhouse late last year. As part of the Sundance Mainstreet revitalization project, the 93-year-old building was completely remodeled, with both exterior an...
The community of Upton recently received a boost to help spur local economic development, thanks to more than $40,000 in grant funding provided by state, regional and local sources. The Upton Economic Development Board (UEDB) pulled together the funding and resources to complete a feasibility study on local business assistanc...
It would be easy to look at current economic statistics and conclude that we may as well remove words such as “business growth” and “expansion” from our collective vocabularies for the time being. On a macro level, the economy is anything but healthy, thanks to the coronavirus. And yet ther...
The increased role of corporate social responsibility in site selection
Corporate social responsibility is playing a major factor today in company's decisions on where they're locating their business. That's happening for a few reasons. I think companies are realizing that they need to be more conscious as to what's going o...
