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  • Ranch Rodeo July 10 - 11

    Holly Thomas, Reporter|Jul 2, 2015

    Don’t put your hats and cowboy boots away just yet because the Lion’s Club sponsored Ranch Rodeo is coming to town. Full of entertaining and competitive events, the two-night event will be fun for the whole family. This year promises to be a big year for the ranch rodeo as well as the Lion’s Club who is celebrating their 90th anniversary. The ranch rodeo was one of a kind at its beginning in Thermopolis in 1974 and was featured in Western Horseman. The rodeo ran for almost ten years and then too...

  • Thermopolis PRCA Rodeo results

    Cindy Glasson, Reporter|Jul 2, 2015

    The 2015 Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo had a great turnout last weekend, bringing visitors and cowboys from not only the U.S. but several distant countries as well. Visitors were treated to a night of rodeo action on Friday with bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie down roping, barrel racing and bull riding, along with a salute to Wyoming's 125th birthday. Saturday night was "Tough Enough to Wear Pink" night and the latest inductees into the Wyoming...

  • Hot Springs County High School fourth quarter honor roll released

    Jul 2, 2015

    SUPERINTENDENT 4.000 Anderson, Kayla Marie; Bauer, Shayna Dru; Cox, Stormy C.; Crosby, Chloe R.; DeCroo, Caleb J.; DeVries, Averyona Jane; Dinsmore, Amanda J.; Gilbert, Kayla A.; Hinojos-Castle, Vinchinzo Zenon; Hoffman, Haylee Jean; Jeffs, Dakota Lynn; Leonhardt, Daniel R.; Leonhardt, Darren C.; Maksin, Jake M; McDermott, Haley Annamarie; Reed, Linsey J.; Ryan, Margaret A.; Ryan, Mary E.; Stone, Zoe L.; Thurgood, Josi K.; Wright, Wyatt R.; Yarrington, Courtney N.; Yarrington, Danielle Marie; Yarrington, Shianne A. PRINCIPAL 3.999 - 3.5000 Abbo...

  • National speech and debate highlights

    Cindy Glasson, Reporter|Jul 2, 2015

    Darren Leonhardt and Logan Kay competed at the National Speech and Debate tournament in Dallas, Texas last week as the grand finale to their 2015 speech season. Leonhardt competed in World Schools Debate, a five-person team event that brought competitors from Korea, Mexico, Saipan, China and other countries for the week-long event. The team Leonhardt was part of consisted of Wyoming debaters from Jackson, Greybull and Green River, all members of the Wind River District. The team posted three...

  • Wyoming Army Band performs Sunday

    Staff Report|Jul 2, 2015

    Mark your calendar for the Wyoming Army National Guard’s 67th Army Band “Wyoming’s Own” on Sunday July 5 at 3 p.m. at two locations. The 67th Army Band Rock Group will play at the Pavilion at Hot Springs State Park. The 67th Army Band Jazz Group will play at Boysen State Park. For more information, call Hot Springs State Park at 864-2176 or Boysen State Park at 307-876-2796....

  • Fourth of July fireworks

    Holly Thomas, Reporter|Jul 2, 2015

    The Fourth of July may evoke different emotions for different people, but the one common emotion this holiday displays in Americans worldwide is patriotism. Young and old, Americans are proud of their nationalism and the Fourth is the day we let everyone know it with parades, parties, and, of course, fireworks. The festivities begin at 10 a.m. in downtown Thermopolis on Saturday, July 4th with a Patriotic Parade. The Chamber invites all kids to participate in the beginning of the parade for a pa...

  • Freedom Run events

    Cindy Glasson, Reporter|Jul 2, 2015

    The Big Horn Basin Riders are planning another great 4th of July Freedom Run in Thermopolis and Hot Springs County with fun for everyone. Things kick off Friday, July 3rd with a meet and greet at the armory at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come enjoy the music, drinks and bonfire scheduled for that evening. The 130-mile Poker Run will start with registration at 8 a.m. at the armory. Wheels hit the ground at 9:45 a.m. You don’t have to ride a motorcycle to participate in the run. The trip will g...

  • Future rodeo queen

    Cindy Glasson, Reporter|Jul 2, 2015

    Rhiannon Goffena displays her best rodeo queen pose as she rides down the street in the Cowboy Rendezvous Parade on Saturday morning....

  • Spinster's Delight fiber day

    Staff Report|Jul 2, 2015

    Guest artists from England, Maryland and Wyoming, will be featured at the Spinster’s Delight, an all-day fiber event, July 6, in Thermopolis. A needle-felting workshop featuring petroglyph site symbols, will be held from 1-4:30 p.m., with Nancy Jones from Riverton. Jones has been needle-felting for 10 years and is a member of the Fremont Fiber Guild. She is known for her intricate designs and has taught classes at the Lander Art Center and Central Wyoming College. The workshop will be held at Buffalo Creek Lodge, 307 Buffalo Creek Road. W... Full story

  • HSCHS students represent top 10 percent in ACT scores

    Holly Thomas, Reporter|Jul 2, 2015

    Hot Springs County High School recently achieved extra bragging rights for the 2016 graduating class. In April 42 junior classmen took the ACT, a national college admissions exam that tests students in English, mathematics, reading and science, along with approximately 1,845,000 other students across the country. Out of this giant pool of young people, the following six students from HSCHS achieved a composite score in the nation’s top 10 percent: Kayla Anderson, Amanda Dinsmore, Darren L...