RIVERTON — Put on “pause” as a result of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), students and staff at the Wind River Job Corps protested outside their Riverton offices Wednesday.

Along with 98 other contracted Job Corps facilities in the nation, the Wind River Job Corps program has been given until June 30 to shut down by the U.S. Department of Labor, according to school administrators. Programs are grinding to a halt, and students are being sent home.

The future of the Job Corps in Riverton is uncertain as Congress considers whether to continue to fund the program. DOGE has recommended ending the program and stopping all funding, including what has already been approved, staff said.

Job Corps was budgeted more than $1.7 billion in 2024, but that’s been sla

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