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BOOM-BUST EVANSTON

Good work on “Divided Prospects,” December 2020. Uinta County, Wyoming, keeps trying to figure out a way out of the boom-bust business. I always said that if I ever moved back to Wyoming, I’d pick Evanston. Close enough to Salt Lake City, to skiing and the Wasatch. Thanks for your writing, Sarah Tory! Great photos in the article as well.

Ken C. Erickson

Mountain Center, California

Everything about “Divided Prospects” is fantastic. From its analysis of rural

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