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Out of Nashville, Tennessee, Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run will be performing June 18 at the Pavilion in Hot Springs State Park starting at 7 p.m. Playing bluegrass tunes, the Colorado-based group is the first part of the Arts in the Park performances being put on this summer. Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run, including band members Isaac Eicher, Mike Sumner, Erik Alvar and Christain Ward, performed once before in Thermopolis in 2006. Coordinator Bruce Webster said he looks forward to having them back. “They really did a nice job,” he said. Peo...
Water levels in the Big Horn River south of Boysen Dam were increased again Tuesday, going up to 7,500 cubic feet per second. Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon said the river should start reducing in speed after this increase. “The plan is 7,500 is as high as it goes,” Gordon said. This all comes from the Bureau of Reclamation who oversees water resource management throughout the country. Marshy and boggy stretches along the river will likely begin to be flooded, and residents are being asked to continue to stay away from the riv...
Hollywood hit home for Barb and Merlin Heinze when a costume designer working on Quentin Tarantino's newest movie "The Hateful Eight" reached out. The two proprietors of Merlin's Hide Out were asked to make buffalo coats for Kurt Russell to use in the movie. With the movie set to premiere this winter, Barb said it was stressful at times getting the work done correctly and quickly. It all amounted to eight coats for Hateful Eight, Tarantino's eighth movie. After getting the measurements for Kurt...
The Retail Committee discussed their 12 Days of Christmas promotion during their meeting Friday. On December 19, there will be three cash drawings for $200, $300 and $500 Chamber Buck award amounts. The goal of the giveaway is to bring more people into town to shop. Retailers are still working on how people will enter, but the foremost plan is to require entrants to have a receipt from a local business in order to participate. A $500 budget has already been supplied to fund the activity, from the Travel and Tourism Board, and the retailers...
Out of Nashville, Tennessee, Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run will be performing June 28 at the Pavilion in the Park. Playing bluegrass tunes, the group is the first part of the Arts in the Park performances being put on this summer. Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run performed once before in Thermopolis in 2006. Coordinator Bruce Webster said he looks forward to having them back. “They really did a nice job,” he said. People are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to the performance. Webster said there should be vendors on site, and pos...
The outdoor pool at the Wyoming State Bath House will be closed at the end of June for approximately 10 days. According to State Park Superintendent Kevin Skates, the pool needs to be drained and repaved now as the material they’re using needs to cure. “It has to be done during the Summer,” Skates said. Because the resurfacing needs consistent temperatures, the work can’t be done easily at other times during the year. And while the indoor pool will remain open while resurfacing takes place, it’s a modest attraction compared to the draw the...
The Thermopolis Town Council approved spending an additional $9,123.50 on an updated WYOLink dispatch console for the Law Enforcement Center. WYOLink is a statewide digital network that connects police, fire, other agencies and emergency agencies. The current system is being replaced because it is out of date compared to most of the rest of the state, but the new system should last the town 15 to 20 years according to information from Motorola, who maintains the equipment. The board also approved the renewal of the IT contract with Mike...
Howard Samelson and Deb Tudor were named board members to serve on the Main Street Thermopolis board during their meeting May 28. Both were unanimously voted into the positions following recent board resignations. The board also discussed planting flowers in pots downtown. Currently, flowerpots located in the downtown district are almost all empty except for those being filled by local businesses. The Main Street board is trying to coordinate filling those pots. Chamber Director Meri Ann Rush...
David Hicks, 45, was given 21 to 25 years in prison following his guilty plea to felony third-degree sexual assault without inflicting sexual intrusion or bodily injury, and felony abuse of a vulnerable adult. County Attorney Jerry Williams asked the judge for the max sentence for both crimes; thirteen to 15 years for felony third-degree sexual assault and eight to 10 years for felony abuse of a vulnerable adult, to run consecutively. “It’s one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen on a tape,” Williams said. The main point of evidenc...
We hear about it every day. A woman bought a car online and paid a $500 deposit only to find out the car never existed, and her money is gone. A man wired money to his son’s attorney only to find out his son hadn’t even been arrested, and his money is gone. A person bought a thoroughbred work dog only to find out the dog doesn’t exist, and their money is gone. Police chief Steve Shay explained it best. He said there is a high chance the people running internet and phone scams will never be caught. The reason? Local authorities don’t have th...
Hot Spring County’s unemployment rate decreased slightly between January and February 2015, based on information from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. From March to April of this year, unemployment in the county has decreased from 5.1 percent to 4.5 percent. The unemployment rate is back at the same mark it started at in January of this year. Comparatively, from April 2014 to April of this year, unemployment in the county has increased from 4.4 percent to 4.5 percent. The number of potential employees in the county continues to f...
State Rep. Elaine Harvey, R-Lovell, gave some advice to the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board during their meeting Tuesday. However, Harvey pointed out before she gave advice that she was hesitant to do so. She informed the board that they need to be the ones actively seeking out a hospital district if they want one, as hospital employees do not receive positive responses from the public. “Since you don’t have a hospital district, you need to get one,” she said. As the chairman of the House Labor, Health and Social Services committee,...
Pheasants Forever will be having their annual banquet Saturday, May 30 starting at 5 p.m. in the Hot Springs County Fair Building. There will be a live auction, a silent auction, raffles, a special drawing and dinner. All proceeds from the event stay in Hot Springs County. Tickets for the event cost $75 for a couple, $45 for a single ticket, $10 for children age nine to 15 and children under the age of eight are free. Tickets are available at Canyon Sporting Goods, the Chamber of Commerce, Thermopolis Hardware or by calling 864-4215 or...
The inaugural meeting of a Big Horn River club will be taking place Wednesday, June 3 at 7 p.m. in the Big Horn Federal Bank meeting room. Anyone interested in anything related to the river, whether it be fishing or keeping the river clean, is invited to attend. Dick Staiger, who is helping organize the meeting, said there are two goals that the group will start by looking at. “The most significant one would be to provide a comfortable social environment for the sharing of information regarding the needs and uses of the river and the f...
Local runners will compete with Hot Spring County’s largest residents during the Running with the Buffalo event Saturday, May 30 beginning at 7:30 a.m. The race will start on the street outside the TePee Pool and runners will trek through the buffalo pasture and back towards the start. There will be both a 4K run/walk and an 8K run, making it possible for people of all ages to participate. Pre-registration for the event costs $15 dollars and comes with a t-shirt. People can also register for $10 if they do not want a t-shirt. For more i...
The Hot Springs County Conservation District gave fourth graders Eastern Redcedar trees as a way to promote conservation. Linda Barrett, Darcy Axtell, Dawn Peil and Jim Barrett gave the Ralph Witters Elementary students their trees. "Hopefully they'll get them planted with parents help," Linda Barrett said. The tree donation is usually part of a larger conservation education program, which includes out of the classroom education. "One of the things we do every year is we pick a field day for...
The Thermopolis Town Council approved a contract Tuesday to have Carr Coatings of Lovell do painting repairs to the Cedar Ridge tank at a cost of $98,925. Town engineer Heath Overfield recommended the company following their in-state bid rate being lower than the competition. “I’ve never worked with them, but based on their resume they can do it,” Overfield said. Carl Leyba was appointed to the Travel and Tourism Board following a discussion about four applicants for the position. The applicants were Angie Guyon, Rick Tudor, Carl Leyba and B...
The Hot Springs County High School boys golf team finished their final meet of the season with a first place finish in their conference and a second place finish overall at the 2A Spring Championship. "We took five boys and one girl to the 2A Spring Championship at the Casper Municipal Course," head coach Jacob Smith said. "The weather was a constant concern, with threats of thunder showers both days, especially Friday." Yet despite the rain, the Thermopolis golfers were able to come out strong...
The Travel and Tourism Board approved offering a renewed one-year contract to Cowgirl Consulting to the tune of $42,500, a five percent increase according to state park superintendent Kevin Skates. Also, the board approved giving $1,000 to the Smoking Waters Golf Tournament for their advertising. “They bring a lot of tourists in,” Skates said. He said the tournament brought in approximately 120 golfers last year. Amanda Moeller explained that most of these people stayed the night after the tournament, many because they decided to celebrate afte...
Local runners will compete with Hot Spring County’s largest residents during the Running with the Buffalo event Saturday, May 30 beginning at 7:30 a.m. The race will start on the street outside the TePee Pool and runners will trek through the buffalo pasture and back towards the start. There will be both a 4K run/walk and an 8K run, making it possible for people of all ages to participate. Pre-registration for the event costs $15 dollars and comes with a T-shirt. People can also register for $10 if they do not want a T-shirt. For more i...
Pheasants Forever will be having their annual banquet Saturday, May 30 starting at 5 p.m. in the Hot Springs County Fair Building. There will be a live auction, a silent auction, raffles, a special drawing and dinner. All proceeds from the event stay in Hot Springs County. Tickets for the event cost $75 for a couple, $45 for a single ticket, $10 for children age nine to 15 and children under the age of eight are free. Tickets are available at Canyon Sporting Goods, the Chamber of Commerce, Thermopolis Hardware or by calling 864-4215 or...
The Thermopolis Future Farmers of America chapter had their 76th yearly banquet Monday, where both students and other community members were given awards for their dedication to working with and promoting FFA. FFA Advisor Britton Van Heule said that the students made the night possible. But in addition to the work done by the students in order to make the FFA banquet a good experience, without FFA alumni and other community members help – very few of the activities, events and experiences t...
Community members gathered at Thermopolis Middle School Monday to hear about the progress of the Hot Spring State Park Master Plan. Wyoming State Parks officials still say the plan is in the developmental phases, with three different routes the master plan can be built towards. In each of the plans, there is one thing in common -- the goal of updating how water is used in the park. “One of the main reasons people come to the hot springs is for the mineral waters and we want to continue that,” state parks spokeswoman Tina Bishop said. Part of th...
Two people hunting bear near Grass Creek and Carmichael Draw found an overturned four-wheeler with a body stuck between it and the ground. Lan Price, 53, was killed by the injuries he sustained following an ATV accident. Although the time of death is uncertain, Price died some time between the last time he was seen on May 6 and when he was found May 10. Law enforcement officers believe Price had been hunting for antlers when his off road vehicle overturned. Search and rescue and the Hot Springs County Coroner assisted in recovering the...
Thermopolis native Lacey Mills has been named Outstanding Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse 2015 in Las Vegas at Centennial Hills Hospital. Mills, a 2002 Hot Springs County High School graduate, was nominated by her coworkers at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas. Centennial Hills is the newest level three NICU hospital in Las Vegas. Following high school, Mills attended Central Wyoming College to become a registered nurse. After earning her associates degree, Mills moved to Las Vegas with...
