Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune Mavis Welfl, left, a registered nurse at Washakie County Public Health-Washakie Family Planning in Worland, checks the Rapid HIV/AIDS test she performed on her co-worker and health educator Jeanne Hejtmanek, right, at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department on Thursday morning. Health workers from around the state spent two days learning how to administer the tests and on counseling people about their results.
In this April 30, 2007 file photo, a shovel prepares to dump a load of coal into a 320-ton truck at the Black Thunder Mine in Wright. Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Nebraska have prospered in recent years because of an abundance of energy, agriculture, or both, and all five states have the lowest unemployment rates in the country. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
James Alley, 19, studies in the library at Roosevelt High School in Casper. Alley, who had dropped out of school because of a drug and alcohol problem, is determined to finish his degree. Photo by Dan Cepeda/Casper Star-Tribune.
James McLaughlin Jr., left, and Mark Christensen, right, shout orders in the euro dollar options trading pit Thursday, June 29, 2006, at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the 17th consecutive time. The central bank boosted the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other, by a quarter-point to 5.25 percent, the highest level in more than five years and signaled that further rate hikes may still be needed to fight inflation. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Eight wells are clustered on this single well pad in BP America's Wamsutter field. Such development helped BP earn a rating as the 'best' energy company in Wyoming from the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance. Photo by Dustin Bleizeffer, Star-Tribune.
David Zalubowski, AP An inversion creates murky air in this photograph taken of the skyline in Denver in 2006. The new air quality standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency means Colorado would be out of compliance more than twice the current rate, which could mean that federal sanctions would be imposed on the state.
Ralph and Kerry Hetzman stand in front of their rental house in east Casper. The couple would like to buy their own home, but can't because of the credit market, increased housing prices and limited options. Photo by TIM KUPSICK, Star-Tribune.
Brian Martinez walks on top of a wall he is framing at a subdivision in Bar Nunn Wednesday afternoon. In the last seven years Bar Nunn has doubled in population. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)
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