Wyoming’s top elected officials on Wednesday approved a $10 million grant for a new hospital in Riverton.
The State Loan and Investment Board, which consists of Wyoming’s governor, auditor, treasurer, secretary of state and superintendent of public instruction, met in Cheyenne to review applications for $85 million in available American Rescue Plan Act money marked for health care infrastructure in the state, reports Cowboy State Daily.
The Riverton Medical District, a nonprofit group, spearheads the effort to build a new hospital just north of Riverton. The group has acquired land, local grants, a partnership with Billings Clinic and large community support, including from the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, a neighboring sovereign tribal government.
The new hospital will compete with the area’s existing hospital, SageWest Health Care. Read more.
