LANDER — Wind River Job Corps in Riverton, the newest of the nation’s 126 campuses, would be celebrating its 10-year anniversary this fall. But funding for the entire U.S. Job Corps program is on the chopping block as part of a federal bill narrowly passed by the House and under consideration by the Senate, and on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor handed down an edict: Close up shop by June 30 as part of a “pause” on the program.

For Wind River Job Corps, the closure of the $41 million campus would mean the loss of nearly 150 jobs, and 208 students in the wind. It would be a more than 2.7% hit to the overall total workforce for Riverton and have lasting ramifications for the region.

Before the “Big Beautiful Bill” was approved by the House by a margin of 215- 214, Riverton Mayor Tim

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