Unemployment in Sweetwater County WYOMING (wpr) - In Sweetwater County this summer unemployment was up by a 1000 people compared to a year earlier. Many others have had their hours scaled back and are making less these days. In Rock Springs that may be starting to ease. Local officials say hiring is starting to come back, little by little. In the meantime there may be some positive aspects to the economic slowdown. On a recent visit Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay found former roughnecks using the downturn as a time to get new skills, and an economic development office that's pushing for improvements ahead of the next boom. © Copyright 2012, wpr