State provides $100,000 for trailer, scale
The state of Wyoming will help pay for equipment at the city of Powell’s planned transfer station, but it won’t give as much as the city requested.
Last week, the State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) voted to award the city $100,000 — roughly half the cost of one compaction trailer and a scale at the city’s transfer station.
Cody dialysis center approved; Meeteetse transfer station denied
Wyoming’s statewide elected officials have given a nearly half-million dollar boost to efforts to bring North End Water Users onto the Northwest Rural Water District system.
Though their water is currently safe, a couple spikes in nitrate levels in recent years have forced North End’s roughly 200 users to find another source of water; research has shown hooking on to Northwest’s system to be the best option for the north-of-Powell residents.
An additional penny for stamps will do little to aid the ailing U.S. Postal Service with a deficit in the billions of dollars, nor will it aid businesses striving to make a buck in a weak economy.
Effective Sunday, Jan. 22, first class stamps at the post office increased by 1 cent, bringing the cost to 45 cents per stamp.




