Good times, bad times in different parts of the state

There is always a tired old saying: “When you lose your job, it is a recession. When I lose mine, it is a depression.” That has never been truer in Wyoming than it is today.

A few years ago, I could not find a discouraging economic word as I travelled from one end of the state to the other promoting my Wyoming-themed coffee table books.

But lately it seems I am driving in and out of a patchwork of wildly diverse places where a lot of folks are suffering economically while nearby other folks are blissfully going along with their businesses.

Casper is a great example. Our second largest city is...