By ERNIE OVER, County10.com (Riverton, Wyo.) – Over 150 people gathered Friday morning on a bluff overlooking Riverton for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wind River Job Corps Center. Federal, Wind River Reservation, State, County and Local officials were there for the event,which featured Sen. Mike Enzi as the keynote speaker. Wyoming’s Senior U.S. Senator praised the effort and…
By SUSAN ANDERSON Star-Tribune business editor A longtime dream of Wyoming educators and workforce leaders came closer to reality Wednesday with the announcement that a bid was awarded to build a Job Corps Center in Riverton. The U.S. Department of Labor gave the $41,303,762 million project to Rafter H Construction of Idaho. This will be the first Job Corps Center…
By BOB BECK, Wyoming Public Media Today, the long awaited ground breaking for the 41 million dollar Wind River Job Corps took place. The project was first conceived in 2005 and thanks to support of Senator Mike Enzi it finally received federal approval. It’s the first Job Corps for Wyoming which is the only state without such a facility. Sandy…