A business displays a help wanted sign in downtown Craig. Areas with a fast-growing industry — such as the energy industry in Northwest Colorado — can experience a drought in the job market if that industry is lucrative enough to pay higher wages, said Ben Alexander, Headwaters Economics associate director. Headwaters conducted a recent survey on the energy industry’s impact to local economies across four western states.

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