March 4, 2021
Students in the University of Wyoming’s new outdoor recreation and tourism management degree program are completing projects in southeast Wyoming as part of an innovative, applied experience called the professional semester.
The professional semester is a suite of classes, taught by the program’s faculty, for students in their last year of the program. This is the second annual professional semester offered through the outdoor recreation and tourism management program, which is an undergraduate degree offered through UW’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.
Professional semester projects are community-driven and address specific needs or issues. This year, six different agencies or organizations were selected from sites closer to Laramie to minimize travel for students due to COVID-19. The agencies and organizations include the Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation, Visit Cheyenne, Visit Laramie, the Laramie Parks and Recreation Department, Snowy R
Minimum wage increase debate leaves Amarillo business owners with mixed views
One of President Bidenâs push is to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour.
VIDEO: How minimum wage increase would affect Amarillo business owners By Taylor Mitchell | January 20, 2021 at 6:25 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 6:55 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden plans to almost double the U.S. federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
âDepending on how bad it is, I may actually have to cut back on staff and to keep the prices down. And one of the changes would be a price change in menu price increases, would be one way to recapture some of the costs,â said said Mike Fogiel, owner of The Lost Cajun, Ye Olde Pancake Station and Hoffbrau Steak and Grill House.
Numerous Amarillo businesses experience irregular sale increase this past weekend
Here’s what kind of unusual trends Amarillo business owners saw right after the New Year.
VIDEO: Numerous local businesses saw an irregular sale increase this past weekend By Taylor Mitchell | January 5, 2021 at 6:35 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 10:04 AM
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For some businesses after the new year is slow, but this year, some businesses were busy.
“Normally after Christmas we see a big decline because a lot of people spent a lot of money on Christmas and things like that, so there’s usually a drop off. But, you know, it could have been just the way that they worked out to be on weekends, that the holidays worked out that way. But I mean Monday through the weekend we were almost 28 percent more than what we would normally get on each day,” said Cody Blair, owner of Fire Slice Piz