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  • Science Saturday

    Mar 7, 2024

    Dan, Lydia, Russell, Jackie, and Charlie De La Mare make dinosaurs in a jar during the Wyoming Dinosaur Center Science Saturday event last weekend. Attendees learned about the flora and fauna of the Mesozoic Era by creating a prehistoric ecosystem in a jar....

  • Lenten Fish Fry

    Feb 29, 2024

    Last Friday, the Knights of Columbus held their Lenten Fish Friday at the St. Francis Church Parish Hall. Dr. Jason Weyer, John Holman and Joe Russo served a variety of hungry guests. The next Lenten Fish Fry will be Friday, March 1 and the last one will be March 8, from 5 p.m.-7 p.m....

  • Ice cold

    Feb 29, 2024

    Student teacher Charlie Patterson gets dunked into frigid cold water during the annual Jackalope Jump at the high school last Saturday. The event is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics and is led by London Jenks....

  • Petting zoo fun

    Feb 29, 2024

    Last Thursday, visitors arrived in force for a day of fun at the annual FFA Petting Zoo. Top, Annie Luebbe and Jennifer Deromedi watch Baylee Bears attempt to lasso a model roping calf while Khloe Simpson and Chase Herring stand by. Fourth graders Kyle Egger, Hayden Robinson, and Gabriella Hetzel gather around to pet a young donkey....

  • Odd Ball

    Feb 22, 2024

    Couples danced during the Be My Valentine Odd Ball hosted by the George M. Sliney Odd Fellows Lodge #26 held last Saturday evening at the Community Hall. All the proceeds go toward their trade school scholarship program. Sanchez Soundz provided music for the event....

  • HSC Republican caucus

    Feb 22, 2024

    The Hot Springs County Republican Party 2024 County Caucus was held Saturday in the Big Horn Federal Bank community room. The Caucus group separated into Precincts with three of the five Precincts in Hot Springs County participating. A local Caucus is an important part of the foundational and fundamental process of our government. It is where everyday citizens lay out what the government should focus and how, through affirming or amending their party platforms, by-laws and resolutions. These...

  • String art class

    Feb 15, 2024

    Hannah Postma, left, helps Kathy Sorensen and Cali Culp with their projects at the String Art Workshop held at the Hot Springs County Fair Building by The Copper Kestrel last weekend....

  • Making the leap

    Feb 15, 2024

    A deer jumps across the stream coming out of the Big Spring in Hot Springs State Park on a chilly evening last weekend....

  • Physician training graduate

    Feb 15, 2024

    Last Thursday, the Chamber Ambassadors celebrated Dr. Megan Olson as the first graduate of the Thermopolis Rural Training Track program. This training program is for physicians that have graduated medical school and are doing their on-the-job training in rural family medicine. Pictured, left to right, are Jacque Griffin, Melissa Johnson, Dr. Philip Gard, Dr. Bill Williams, Barb Nielson, Dr. Kellan Klubben, Travis Winger, Dr. Megan Olson, Dr. Travis Bomengen, Shurie Scheel, Bev Koerwitz, Dr....

  • Chocolate lovers

    Feb 15, 2024

    Don and Laurie Harvey purchase chocolates from Kathy Taylor with the Friends of the Library during the Chocolate Lovers and Silent Auction event last Saturday at the Hot Springs County Library. All proceeds from the event go towards library programs for children and adults....

  • Senior center brunch

    Feb 15, 2024

    Many people braved the snowy weather last Saturday morning to have brunch at the Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center....

  • Weighing and tagging

    Feb 8, 2024

    The annual 4-H and FFA youth beef weigh and tag day was on Sunday at the HSC Fairgrounds. The beef projects must be weighed and tagged with a RFID Wyoming State Fair tag in order to be shown at the county fair in July. The recent moisture made for a muddy mess as Silas Dickey tries to coax his Hereford steer into the chute to be tagged. Fair board member Arnold Pennoyer lends a hand as he was the designated tagger as the other board members each helped in the process of weighing and tagging the...

  • Unplugged

    Feb 8, 2024

    The Little Sun Singers from Ethete, Wyoming on the Wind River Reservation are from the Northern Arapaho and Oglala-Lakota Tribes. They performed at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church's event called "Unplugged". The church holds this event on the first Sunday of every month at 5:30 p.m., where participants can "just be" and enjoy a meal. Free-will offerings are welcomed but not required....

  • Paper rockets

    Feb 8, 2024

    Kenneth Woods, grandson of Tawna McQueen, far right, launches a paper rocket through the air during the Wyoming Dinosaur Center's (WDC) Science Saturday. The rockets are made from cups, rubber bands, paper and tape. WDC employee Ali Stedman taught young people how to build paper rockets which represent different science and technologies that NASA has contributed to the world....

  • Guns galore

    Feb 1, 2024

    Shoppers had their pick of hundreds of guns displayed Friday and Saturday during the Stars and Pipes, LLC Gun Show held at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. Around 1,200 paid admissions came through during the two day event....

  • Making pizzas

    Feb 1, 2024

    Carrie Ryan took her Thermopolis Middle School life skills special education students to P6 last Friday to learn how to make pizzas. Left, Ryan Shaffer helps Gage Young decide on toppings for his pizza. Clover Cheney, right, selected white sauce for her creation....

  • Ready to slide

    Jan 25, 2024

    Myles Cox and Odin Galovich get ready to go down the bounce house slide during the Bounceopolis event at the HSC Armory Building last Saturday night....

  • Ice skating rink

    Jan 25, 2024

    Emersyn Strenger skates at the ice skating rink in front of the Pioneer Home in Hot Springs State Park last Saturday afternoon. There is a horse trailer parked next to the rink with skates and equipment for the public to use....

  • Winter recital

    Jan 25, 2024

    Aylee Taylor, top, performed "The First Noel" during Tiffany's Suzuki School of Violins and Miss Betsy's Piano Students Winter Recital at the Risen Son Southern Baptist Church last week. Seth Dickey, bottom left, performed "Nothing But The Blood of Jesus" and DeAnna Myers performed "Strawberry Blueberry" and "Watermelon."...

  • Story time activity

    Jan 18, 2024

    Haywood Southworth and Johnny Ryan have fun drawing pictures in their snow globes as they participate in the HSC Library's story time last Thursday. During the event, they read books about winter and sang songs....

  • Bridge presentation

    Jan 18, 2024

    The Hot Springs County Historical Society hosted John Bernhisel who gave a presentation titled "The Confession of a Historical Bridge Nerd." Bernhisel shared some of Wyoming's greatest bridge stories to a small group who braved the cold on Saturday afternoon....

  • Udderly cold

    Jan 18, 2024

    A line of hungry heifer calves are thankful for their feed with the cold temperatures we have been in experiencing in Hot Springs County. It is crucial for ranchers to be able to get their equipment started and running to be able to feed their livestock. The temperatures reached down to around -36 degrees Fahrenheit over the weekend in Hot Springs County. Extreme low temps and wind chill advisories stayed in affect through Monday night....

  • Sledding on Warren hill

    Jan 11, 2024

    Gus Stover sleds down Warren hill last weekend with his friend, Zander Allen, trailing behind him....

  • Science Saturday

    Jan 11, 2024

    Emma Gordon with the Wyoming Dinosaur Center teaches, l to r, Kuincie Jensen, Korbie Jensen, Owen Jones and Ryker Price about how different creatures sizes have changed throughout history during the Wyoming Dinosaur Center Science Saturday Prehistoric Shrink Charms class....

  • Finding the grass

    Jan 11, 2024

    Buffalo graze in the Hot Springs State Park buffalo pasture last Saturday afternoon....

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