Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune Jarrod Maddox, center, watches as his son, Josh Maddox, left, with Ricor Equipment, works on backfilling the foundation on a home in the new development, Eagle Estates, in Evansville on Friday afternoon. The Wyoming Legislature allocated $1 million in loans only for housing infrastructure as a pilot project, but the Wyoming Business Council says it needs 10 times that amount to encourage construction of affordable homes.
In this April 17, 2008 file photo, builders work on a home in a new development in northeast Denver. The Commerce Department said Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, that new home construction plunged 15.5 percent to an all-time low last month. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)
Photos of Barbara Cubin, left, and Gary Trauner, right, candidates for Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat. File photos, Casper Star-Tribune.
Pete Peterson operates a trackhoe to demolish three houses indentified by Casper police as being havens for vagrants and drug abusers behind the Homax convenience store on South Poplar Street. Photo by Sarah Beth Barnett/Casper Star-Tribune.
Chris Braun, the head of Teton Buildings, talks to Damon Saunders about the company's recreation cabins at the home and garden show at the Casper Events Center on Saturday morning. (Lauren Huntington, Star-Tribune)
LANE HICKENBOTTOM/The Sheridan Press Three mule deer bucks visit the back yard of Darlene Waddell of Sheridan last week. The proximity of wildlife to homes can cause conflicts during fall hunting seasons.
Rep. Mark Semlek, R-Moorcroft, arranges his desk shortly before the governor's 'State of the State' address on the first day of the 2008 legislative session on Monday in Cheyenne. The House and Senate are voting this week on which non-budget bills to consider during this budget session. Photo by DAN CEPEDA, Star-Tribune.
Photos of candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives for Wyoming, Barbara Cubin, left, and Gary Trauner, right. File photos, Casper Star-Tribune.
Lucas Rush, center, and Isaac Kautz, left, set windows at new construction located near the intersection of Falcon Crest Road and Sagewood Avenue Monday afternoon. Rush and Kautz work for DDD Exteriors. Photo by Ryan Soderlin, Star-Tribune
Mike Keller of Caldwell gestures to the head of a pig, which was found on the property of his daughter's Caldwell, Idaho residence on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008. Jennifer Keller says her yard has been a target for vandalism and theft in the past. She says she's worried about incident. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield)
Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Doug Brimeyer and Craidhead Beringia South researcher Howard Quigley carry a tranquilized female mountain from a garage near Hoback Junction, as Gamea and Fish employee looks on. Photo courtesy Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Once phase 1 of the renovation of the Old Faithful Inn is complete the new maple floor will step down 7 inches near the 42 foot tall fireplace as it did in the original building. Pictured Steve Krogh, left and Shawn Ferron, both with PhD Mechanical Systems in Helena, discuss their strategy for installing duct work under the previously framed floor joists. Photo by Eliza Wiley/Lee News Service.
A 130-pound gray wolf watches biologists in Yellowstone National Park after being captured and fitted with a radio collar. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, William Campbell, File)
U.S. Congress candidate Cynthia Lummis talks about energy during the political forum at Casper College Sunday evening. Photo by TIM KUPSICK, Star-Tribune.
Wyoming native T. Allen Larson painted this image looking out from the White House's Truman Balcony. It is being used for the First Family's 2008 Christmas card. (Courtesy, Bush administration)
Creative candy usage can make any gingerbread house go from wimpy to whimsical. Photo by Kerry Huller.
Lacey Schulke of Newell, S.D., unloads boxes to take into her new residence hall at Sheridan College. Nine new buildings add 86 more beds to the campus. Photo by Lisa Bisbee, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Cody and Caroline Pierpoint load the dishwasher at their home in Rock Springs in April. The Pierpoints lived in a camper at the local KOA Campground for four months last year as they searched for a house they could afford to buy. Photo by Carlo Harryman, AP.
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