2019
While 2022 wasn’t a return to pre-pandemic numbers, jobs were gained in many Wyoming industries in the last year – with mining and tourism-adjacent jobs leading the way. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services analyzed employment trends between 2021 and 2022. From the third quarter of 2021 to the third quarter of 2022, Wyoming added…
Today, Attorney General Bridget Hill announced that Wyoming (along with 45 other attorneys general) has obtained a “$1.25 million” multistate settlement with Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line as the result of a 2019 data breach involving the personal information of “180,000” Carnival employees and customers nationwide. According to a recent press release, Wyoming will receive $10,000…
Yellowstone National Park shatters its September and year-to-date records, which raises questions on whether the park can handle such vast crowds. The record-breaking year at Yellowstone National Park continued into September. Last month’s numbers surpassed 2020’s, making September 2021 the busiest September in the park’s history. Yellowstone National Park hosted 882,078 recreation visits in September 2021…
The Fourth of July in Yellowstone didn’t blow up records from previous years, but it shows visitation continues its trend of more vehicles and more people. Yellowstone officials released the official visitation statistics for the entire Fourth of July weekend – July 2 to 5. Vehicle entry data is collected from park entrance stations’ point-of-sale…
Statistics say if you had a Wyoming baby last year, it was probably named Olivia, Oliver, or Liam. Those were the three top baby names in Wyoming in 2019, according to the Wyoming Department of Health’s Vital Statistics Services. For girls, Olivia was followed by Harper, Charlotte, Emma and Willow as the most popular names…
Yellowstone Regional has one for the record books. Despite a slow start, 2019 gave Yellowstone Regional its best year ever in terms of passenger enplanement. The total for the year is 81,966 passengers. This is best passenger number in the airport’s history, despite Delta dropping its winter service and a 14% drop in passenger numbers…
The Wyoming Business Council has released its report on their achievements in 2019. The Council is undergoing many changes to reinvigorate their strategies with the input of Wyoming’s citizens, experts, and owners and learning what opportunities they can foster. As the state continues to face the uncertainty of its economic future, the Business Council is…
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