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At their May 19 meeting, the Thermopolis Town Council took up the issue of a draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2026-27. The draft budget includes raises for town employees, which were approved earlier in the year by the council. Also included in the budget are increased costs for employer provided medical insurance for town employees. In their budget discussions, the council touched upon the need, from both a recruiting and a retaining perspective, to provide increased retirement benefits for employees in the police department. Sgt....
On May 19, the Hot Springs County Commissioners held their second regular meeting for the month of May. County assessor Dan Webber requested approval of the 2026 Abstract Report. The abstract is a collection of all properties, and their values, which are located within Hot Springs County. Webber reported that he had received no appeals of property assessments this year. Sitting in their capacity as the Hot Springs County Board of Equalization, the Commissioners approved the Abstract for filing with the State Board of Equalization. Once the...
The Hot Springs High School track teams were in Casper last weekend for the Wyoming 2A State Championships. With stellar performances from both the boys and the girls teams in their final week of the regular season and at regionals in Shoshoni, the teams headed into the state championships on a high. All season long, Thermopolis had expected their main competition for a state title would be the team from Big Horn, and the prediction held true. At the end of the three-day event in Casper, Big...
The Thermopolis - Hot Springs County Chamber Board held their regular monthly meeting on May 14. Long-time chamber director Meri Ann Dorman recently resigned her position. Consequently, the board has been actively seeking her replacement. The board received a number of qualified applicants, and had narrowed the selection down to two. One of those two, however, then retracted their application, leaving only one candidate for the board to consider for the position. An announcement on the selection will be forthcoming. Additionally, the chamber...
On May 18th, Hot Springs County School District #1 hosted their Annual Planning & Stakeholder Input Session at the Central Administration Business Office. The goal of the event was to seek perspectives from persons in the community upon the issue of how to utilize grant funds, which are provided to the district through the Wyoming Consolidated Grant Program, and through the Perkins V Grant Program. Kathy Groh of the business office provided those present with a brief explanation of the various aspects of the Consolidated Grant, which includes...
Last weekend, the Hot Springs County High School track teams rolled into Shoshoni for the Class 2A Regionals. Coming on the heels of a strong performance at their Bobcat Invite the week before, the teams looked to make a strong statement, as they head into this week's state championships in Casper. And, make a statement they certainly did. With eight class 2A teams competing, the Bobcats came out on top of the team standings, earning 237.5 team points - besting second place Kemmerer by a whoppin...
On Tuesday, May 5, the Hot Springs County Commissioners held their first regular meeting for the month. In approving the payment of monthly bills, the commissioners denied the request of commissioner, Bob Aguiar, to be reimbursed the sum of $1,000, which he had paid for legal representation in conjunction with the Governor’s recent investigation of matters surrounding the Tipi Retreat issue. Aguiar argued that the attorney fees had been incurred to defend his position as a county commissioner, and not to defend himself as an individual. C...
At their May 5 meeting, the Thermopolis Town Council appointed and swore in new Thermopolis Town Clerk/Treasurer, Connie Guntley. Guntley had been shadowing, outgoing clerk Tracy Van Heule, who retired at the end of April. Police chief Pat Cornwell suggested that the town needs to consider passing an ordinance dealing with the use of electric bicycles on town streets and sidewalks. The use of such vehicles has become much more popular in recent months and there is currently no ordinance, which specifically applies to their use in the town...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat golf teams finished up their success filled spring season in Kemmerer last week. Both teams competed in the 2A Spring Championship Tournament at Fossil Island Golf Course on Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9. Carding an impressive team score of 553, the Lady Cats were crowned champs of the Class 2A Spring Season for the third time in as many years. The Lady Cats took the spring crown in Torrington in 2024, and in Wright in 2025. This year, the Lady Cats finished 75 strokes under the second place team...
Mother Nature decided to play nice last week - just in time for the Bobcat Invitational on Friday, May 8. With warm temps under an azure sky, it was a perfect spring day for track and field events. More than twenty teams rolled in to Thermopolis to compete in one of the largest track meets in the State of Wyoming. School busses were observed heading into town from all directions. All competitors arrived with hope and anticipation, but the home team was ready to defend their turf. As they had...
At the April Hot Springs County School Board meeting, following an executive session, the board voted to approve pay increases beginning with the 2026-27 school year. They approved a 5% increase for administrative positions, a 6% increase for hourly employees and a $10,000 increase to the base rate for teaching staff, plus a step of $900 for instructional positions. The meeting included the regular recognitions of the efforts and successes of students and programs. Matt Johnson, Director of the BOCHES Program in Hot Springs County, appeared to...
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, Hot Springs County officials joined Dr. Charles R. Ingle to dedicate the opening of Ingle Way, just north of Thermopolis. The new road will provide a northern access to the newly designated Overlook at Roundtop project at the old airport in Thermopolis. While there are currently no members of the Ingle family residing in Hot Springs County, Dr. Ingle's ancestor, Chester Ingle, Sr., came to Thermopolis in 1922 to set up a law practice. His son, Chester Ingle, Jr.,...
In their last regular season matchup for the short spring season, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcat golf teams faced off with some big school teams last week in the Cody Spring Invite Tournament at the Olive Glen Golf Course. With eleven teams competing in both the girls division, as well as in the boys division, the competition was stiff and the scores were superb all around. For the girls, the home team took the championship with a team score of 280. The Lady Cats finished second, with just ten strokes more than Cody. In the boys...
After getting weathered out the week before, the Hot Springs County High School track teams made up for lost ground last week by competing in three meets all in one week. On Tuesday, April 28, the teams faced off in a quad meet in Shoshoni, then traveled to Casper for meets at Kelly Walsh High School on Thursday, and the Wyoming Track Classic in Casper on Friday. Both the girls and boys teams took first place in the team standings in Shoshoni, with teams scores of 162.5 and 251.5, respectively. With that many team points, it is clear there...
On Tuesday, April 21 the Hot Springs County Commissioners held their second regular meeting for the month of April. The commissioners made two appointments to fill openings on county boards. Ashley Evans was appointed to fill an unexpired term on the Travel & Tourism Board and Dixie Vialpando was appointed to fill an open seat on the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC). Each opening received three applicants, from which the commissioners made their selections. LUPC chairman Rick Mickelsen was in attendance at the meeting. He asked the commissio...
At their April 21 meeting, the Thermopolis Town Council took up three revisions to the town’s municipal code on third reading. All three revisions had been passed by the council in the two previous readings, and only required one final approval to become effective. While the council unanimously passed the revisions to the town’s building code and the fireworks ordinance, passage of the revisions to increase compensation for the mayor and town council members came up short. In discussing the pending raises, mayor Adam Estenson stated that he...
Let’s just say the weather this winter in Wyoming has been a bit atypical. While the indoor winter sports of wrestling and basketball were under way, outside it was more like spring than winter. And, just as we hit the outdoor sports of spring, mother nature sends along some of the snow we were lacking back in February. For Coach Ryan Shaffer and the Bobcats golf teams, it has been a bit of rocky ride this spring. Snow showers meant cancellations of both the Buffalo tournament two weeks ago and also last week’s tournament in Powell, making a s...
The Travel & Tourism Board held their monthly meeting at the State Park office on April 21, 2026. The Board reviewed the status of their on-going projects, and discussed other future projects. Director, Angie Guyon, reported that the organization’s finances are in great shape. They have already met their budgeted income amount - with two months still remaining in the fiscal year. Year-to-date, the revenues for the organization have shown a growth of 7.66% over the same period last year. Work is continuing on the organization’s new web site, and...
Way back in 1968, while at his farm in Scotland, Paul McCartney sat down and penned a ballad, which would come to be titled “The Long and Winding Road.” Reportedly, the lyrics sprang from McCartney’s angst over the bitterness and disputes which were then, and had been, befalling the members of The Beatles band, their management, and their producers. McCartney wrote that the long and winding road “will never disappear.” Like the song, it has at times felt like the long and winding road of the dispute over the Tipi Retreat would never disappear...
The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services hosted a Job & Resource Fair on Thursday, April 16 at the Armory in Thermopolis. The event was the third such event in recent weeks - following on the heels of stops in Greybull and Worland. Thirty Wyoming employers were represented at the event, setting up tables and displays, meant to attract job seekers, and those who were, perhaps, just seeking information to consider for a possible future job change. On a cold day, when snowfall had been in the forecast, more than forty people showed up to...
The Hot Springs County High School track teams traveled to Douglas on Thursday last week, but were weathered out in Shoshoni the following day. Although the weather cut short their planned competition, the teams certainly made the best of the situation. In Douglas, the Bobcats finished in second place in the team standings with a team score of 138.5. The team from Riverton came in first with a team score of 152.5. For the girls, the home team came in first with 143 points. The Lady Cats finished seventh out of ten teams with a team score of...
Mother Nature’s plans for the weather can always be a bit challenging for the spring golf season and the Hot Springs County High School Bobcat golf teams were reminded of that last week. The team had planned to compete in a dual in Lander on Thursday, and then head over the hill to play in Buffalo on Friday. With a chance of snow in the forecast, the Buffalo event was cancelled, however, leaving the teams with a weekend off, to hit their home course for some unscheduled practice rounds. In Lander on Thursday, Ruth Needham continued to find h...
At their April 7, 2026 meeting, the Thermopolis Town Council reviewed two large grant funding requests, which have recently been approved. Two million dollars will go toward completion of the transfer station project, and six million dollars will be allocated toward the estimated cost of the lead service lines remediation project. Both grants will be awarded by the State of Wyoming SLIB Board. The total estimated cost of the transfer station project is $3.6 million, however, the Town of Thermopolis has budgeted funds for the remainder after...
The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) held a meeting in Worland on Monday, April 13 to provide stakeholders with information pertaining to the current and projected water flow rates downstream from the Boysen Dam. The meeting, held at the Community Center, was well attended by individuals working in agriculture and business, representing irrigation and conservation districts, and also municipal officials. Liz Cresto, a water scheduler working out of the Cody Field Office of the Bureau of Reclamation, advised that Boysen Reservoir currently stands at...
In February of this year, a few fly fishing enthusiasts got together in Casper and organized a statewide fly fishing tournament for high school age participants. The Wyoming High School Fly Fishing Championship event was held last Saturday on the gold medal waters of the Grey Reefs section of the North Platte River. Hot Springs County High School joined in the fun with three members of their newly organized fly fishing club team. Locals Steth and Elisa Daniels dove into the project, getting the...
