Let’s start with electricians who’ve become the Most Wanted rock stars in Wyo. Kiss your mama and thank baby boomer attrition and the surge of AI and data centers for this magical moment where thousands of electricians are in crazy demand. Here, the action is in full throttle, wages are considerably higher, and the projects keep coming. ...

Gene Shepherd is packing a punch in the Permian’s southern Delaware hood, where drilling rigs and pumpjacks operated by neighbors like Diamondback Energy, Continental Resources, and XTO, mechanically hum their tunes in cadences that can either lullaby a producer to sleep or keep him mercilessly awake at night....