Good help, lodging becoming harder to find

It’s no secret that finding and retaining employees in Sidney is a problem for many types of businesses.

Fast-food restaurants struggle to keep employees with so many job opening available. Businesses who require skilled workers have a hard time finding qualified individuals who live in the Sidney area. Most must recruit from outside areas.

Glenna Phelps-Aurich, director of the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce, believes that finding employees is the biggest challenge facing Sidney businesses.

Sid Johnston, the general manager at Floyd’s Automotive in Sidney, acknowledged that the company ex...