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• New Credit for Small Business

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2006 8:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Through a new program called LEADS M.E. lines of credit will be provided to help qualifying small business owners. This program will allow county business people, unable to receive financing through other means, to receive up to 5,000 credit lines. Interested parties will be required to submit a business plan and complete the required applications and forms before funds would be released.

• Debate Continues over Coal Bed Methane Water

  Staff Writer | July 30, 2006 8:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The debate over methane water continues as citizens of Wyoming living in the Powder River Basin claim the state government is unwilling to shield them against pollution from coal-bed methane water. The Powder River Basin runs along the Montana - Wyoming border and is the greatest single supply of coal mined in the U.S and officials estimate that it contains over 800 billion tons of coal....

• Opportunity for Wyoming to Lead in Development of Environmental Friendly Technology

  Staff Writer | July 18, 2006 4:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A professor of ecology, Stephen Jackson, at the University of Wyoming is calling upon the state to be an innovative leader in the development of technology to limit global warming. Wyoming can be the forerunner in the effort to protect the environment because of their wealth of renewable energy resources and the ability to use carbon dioxide sequestration, a process that keeps carbon dioxide...

• Stolen Computers and Identity Theft

  Staff Writer | July 16, 2006 7:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Associated Press reported a Wyoming resident and nine other employees of Union Pacific Corp. are suing Union Pacific for their use of employee' Social Security numbers. According to officials, a company laptop, stolen in May of this year, contained the Social Security numbers of 30,000 current and former Union Pacific workers. The lawsuit could eventually include all of these employees....

• Cheyenne Least Expensive City for Business

  Staff Writer | July 07, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The 2006 Cost of Doing Business Survey by the Kosmont-Rose Institute, ranked Cheyenne, Wyoming as the least expensive city in which to do business. The survey looked at 398 cities in 49 states and the District of Columbia. The Institute compared data such as fees, taxes, costs and business incentives provided by the community or government institutions. The most expensive city to conduct...

• Breath Alcohol Ignition Device Will Save Lives

  Staff Writer | July 06, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Casper Star Tribune reported that Wyoming legislators have passed a law that may reduce injury and death in alcohol-related car accidents. Currently punishments for those convicted of DUI may include fines, jail time, and the loss of driving privileges. Studies show that of those convicted of DUI who lose their driving privileges, 50-70 percent continue to drive. This law passed Saturday...