CASPER As winter settles into communities throughout Wyoming, ending a year that has brought challenges like no other, it’s the arts and humanities programs that continue to provide needed connection and healing.
Local organizations that deliver art, music, theater, learning resources and connection to local history and place have had to pivot during 2020 in ways never imagined. Many have moved to virtual programming to connect with families and students at home while also working behind-the-scenes to preserve cherished in-person programs so that they can return in the future.
To support these programs’ ongoing efforts, PacifiCorp Foundation, a nonprofit arm for Rocky Mountain Power, is donating more than $200,000 in new funding across the six states it serves to support the arts and humanities – along with continued needs by organizations on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response.
J.C. Penney has found a home for the larger-than-life James Cash Penney statue
The statue of the founder had to be removed after the retailer decided to leave its longtime Plano headquarters on Legacy Drive.
The James Cash Penney statue had been in the main atrium of 6501 Legacy Drive in Plano for almost three decades. The bronze statue was moved to the northside atrium of the campus two years ago. Penney needed less space at that point and had moved into that side of the campus after it sold the property.(Shaban Athuman / Staff Photographer)
The larger-than-life bronze statue of James Cash Penney is heading to Kemmerer, Wyo., where the merchant opened his first store in 1902.