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That was the highest level for building permits since May 2007.

Construction is estimated to cost about $1 billion.

Affordability is a problem for would-be buyers as increases in home prices have outstripped wage growth.

The Casper City Council will consider the matter at its work session at City Hall at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Housing could soon get additional help from even cheaper credit.

The National Park Service says the closure will occur Aug. 6-27 and a helicopter will be used to deliver materials to the work site.

Construction will begin Monday on a project to repair two bridges on Interstate 80 in Cheyenne.

The renovation of the Capitol building and other buildings around it cost about $300 million and began in 2014.

Wyoming Department of Transportation spokesman Matt Murphy says the work will take place between mile markers 35 and 47.

Commissioners say Carey Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets will be closed so a large crane can hoist new cooler equipment to the roof.