Bye-bye Bank of the West

Sweetwater County will no longer send depositories to Bank of the West starting Oct. 1.

During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the commissioners voted unanimously to remove Bank of the West from its list of depositories starting Oct. 1. The commissioners stated they needed to make a statement against Bank of the West’s views.

About two weeks ago, Bank of the West stated on its website blog.bankofthewest.com/change, “We will no longer do business with companies whose main activity is exploring, producing, distributing, marketing or trading oil and gas from shale and...