SWEETWATER COUNTY   This Thanksgiving holiday has given Wyoming a taste of the weather and road conditions to come this winter season, and we'll be heading into the next several months with a shortage in snowplow drivers.

As of Monday, Nov. 20, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is down 43 permanent maintenance employees statewide. Four of those open permanent positions are in Rock Springs and cover Sweetwater County, according to Stephanie Harsha, WYDOT District 3 Public Relations Specialist.

"WYDOT has 410 maintenance workers currently employed across the state. Of those, we have roughly 10 maintenance workers employed that cover most of the Sweetwater County area. WYDOT also hires temporary plow drivers to assist in winter operations every year. Currently, we have 22 open temporary plow driver positions statewide with 8 of those positions being in southwest Wyoming," Harsha told SweetwaterNOW.


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