Gillette Wyoming Blog

While Wyoming’s upcoming large-scale wind farm projects have been getting much attention lately, many Wyoming ranchers and farmers are also “looking into the wind” for a solution to their rising electric costs.  Advanced Energy Technology, of Cody, Wyoming, was able to help Carbon County resident Michael Kananen, who had seen a nearly 50% increase in his Beartooth Electric Co-Op rates, by installing a vertical axis wind turbine on his ranch.  Read the Full Story.

Thursday, July 16 @ AVA Community Art Center
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Admission is 2 Business Cards

Sponsored by: Basin Electric for American Red Cross

Visit Campbell County Chamber of Commerce for more information.

Campbell County reported its first case of swine flu (H1N1) on Wednesday.  Read the full story.

The U.S. Census Bureau has released the 2008 state and county population estimates by age and sex and race and Hispanic origin. Data tables are available on the Economic Analysis Division’s (EAD) website, http://eadiv.state.wy.us and by using the following links. The EAD has also issued a press release that highlights some of the changes in Wyoming’s population for 2008.

Population estimates web page, http://eadiv.state.wy.us/pop/pop.html
News release, http://eadiv.state.wy.us/pop/POP_NEWSRLSE_ASR08.pdf
State age and sex, http://eadiv.state.wy.us/pop/ST_AS08.htm
State race and Hispanic origin, http://eadiv.state.wy.us/pop/ST_RO08.htm
County age and sex, http://eadiv.state.wy.us/pop/CO_AS08.htm
County selected age groups, http://eadiv.state.wy.us/pop/CO_AS08_GP.htm
County race and Hispanic origin, http://eadiv.state.wy.us/pop/CO_RO08.htm

2008 Wyoming state and county demographics PDF

Yesterday was the 26th annual Crawfish Boil hosted at Cam-Plex Wyoming Center. It was hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. There were thousands of people who showed up for a feast. About 13,000 lbs. of crawfished are shipped in for this event! There was also hot dogs, bratwurst, potatoes, sweet corn & onions on the menu. Not to mention a whole lot of beer…

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PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) – A book accusing the United States of being a neo-colonial bully in the Americas has rocketed up the sales charts, after a copy was given as a gift by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to US leader Barack Obama.

The book, “The Open Veins of Latin America” was given by Chavez, a longtime US critic, to Obama Saturday at an Americas summit in Trinidad and Tobago.

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I just watched the movie “Slumdog Millionaire”.. It really made me grateful for where we live.

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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is allowing Americans to make unlimited trips and money transfers to family in Cuba and easing other restrictions Monday to usher in a new era of openness toward the island nation ruled by communists for 50 years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_cuba