Energy industry

But David Bullard says there are signs that an energy bust which has plagued the state economy over the last couple of years is turning around.

Jim Robinson says he expects prices to hold steady or increase over the next few months.

It looks like Wyoming's economy is gradually improving.

Wyoming's unemployment rate is quite a bit lower than it was this time last year, but the state labor force is also 2.6 percent smaller.

Jim Robinson says oil and gas activity has given the economy a boost in 2017.

Tom Gallagher with the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says it's unclear if the recession in the state is over.

At least things aren't getting much worse.

The state economy seems to be stuck in neutral these days.

The latest report on Wyoming's economy shows some hopeful signs for the energy industry as well as bad news about sales tax collections.

Wyoming's unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 percent in October from a (revised) September jobless rate of 5.4 percent.