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With the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of some businesses there have been questions on whether or not the Hot Springs County Courthouse is still open for business. As of this printing, the courthouse is closed to the public. If you have paperwork you need to drop off, you will find drop boxes in the lobby. If your need is urgent, say license plates or a title, you may call ahead and make an appointment. If your business at the courthouse is not urgent in nature they are requesting you wait...
There's a new spot in town to pick up all your liquor needs – Mack's Market. After several months of waiting, Mack's has created a spot at the back of the store where you can now make your liquor purchases. According to Eric Mackay, owner of Mack's Market, the beer arrived last week and now the hard alcohol has arrived and will be available for sale on Friday. Wine is in the process of arriving and should be available soon. While talking with Mackay we discussed his supply chain and keeping the...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners went ahead and conducted their meeting on Tuesday afternoon, however, in keeping with Governor Mark Gordon’s recommendation, no more than 10 people were allowed in the room at one time. In Barb Rice’s report on Youth Alternatives she said she currently has 19 in the program, but with the governor’s recommendations regarding large groups she’s only working with a couple of kids at a time until school reconvenes. Her biggest concern is many of the kids in the...
A Joint Appropriations Bill, HB134, Wyoming Tourism Account Funding, will become official Jan. 1, 2021. The bill imposes a 5% statewide lodging tax with 3% dedicated to tourism and 2% replacing the existing 2% optional local tax. Local residents do not pay the lodging tax, rather those who travel around the state staying in hotels, campgrounds and vacation rentals pay the tax. Along with the 5%, local Travel and Tourism entities may add another 2% option, renewable every four years. Eighty-perce...
The Travel and Tourism Board recently hired their new director Jackie Dorothy from Legend Rock Media Productions as of March 1. Dorothy replaces Amanda Moeller, who recently resigned. At the March meeting, Moeller officially handed off the position and provided all documents and resources for the transition. The board voted and approved of Dorothy’s hire. Dorothy previously worked as the marketing director at the Wind River Hotel and Casino in Riverton for 11 years. She worked closely with D...
The Bureau of Reclamation, at the request of, and in collaboration with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGF), has scheduled a one-time flushing flow in the Wind River downstream of Boysen Dam, according to Wyoming Area Manager, Carlie Ronca. “The Bureau of Reclamation is able to retime operations and provide the flushing flow due to the above average anticipated inflows to Boysen Reservoir, and the expectation of needing to pass excess water this spring,” said Ronca. “The flush will be accomplished without adversely impacting overa...
by Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Volatile markets roiled Wyoming’s energy sector again this week, with oil prices tumbling and investors shedding energy shares as the coronavirus, or COVID-19, continued to spread worldwide. The Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut over the weekend did little to stop the free fall in oil prices Monday morning. A glut in oil supply worldwide, coupled with weak fuel demand has brewed what several analysts have called the “perfect storm.” The toll on Wyoming operators could...
CHEYENNE — Oil prices worldwide suffered a major hit over the weekend, reaching a four-year low in the United States, and the rapid changes in the global economy could have major implications for Wyoming. U.S. oil prices were down by as much as 34% on Monday, largely due to two factors: a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, and dropping demand as the coronavirus continues to spread globally. The effects of the rising supply and dropping demand of oil could be felt in Wyoming, where oil extraction is a linchpin of the state’s eco...
Cheryl Shero and the Gottsche Board of Directors invite you to attend an Open House for their newly renovated facility on March 24 from 2-6 p.m. at 148 E Arapahoe. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided by 148 Bistro. The renovation has taken around two years to complete with a cost of approximately $6 million for the upgrades. Shero wants the people to know that the funding did not come from taxpayers but from non-profit. She highlighted that the Daniel’s Fund gave $500,000 to the renovation. The entire patient side was a complete renovation fro...
Started in 2016, Lasers Edge has come a long way from engraving tumblers in Ken Smith’s garage on Broadway. The company has recently moved to a new location at 811 S. 6th that gives them a much larger space for all the new things they have expanded into. Smith and his partner, Mark Brawley, along with Smith’s wife, Michelle, have a new contract with a large gun manufacturer to do specialized engraving on the guns before they’re shipped to their new owners. In order to do this, the trio had t...
Kirby Ditch Irrigation District recently received notice they have been awarded funding for their lower reach piping project from the Bureau of Reclamation as part of more than $40 million in grant funds going to 54 water projects across the West. The total cost of the Kirby Ditch project is a little over $2.2 million and grant monies from the Bureau will cover $737,966. The project will convert 2.56 miles of the open Kirby Ditch to a buried polyvinyl chloride pipeline and is expected to result in an annual savings of over 1,000 acre feet of...
by Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Bureau of Land Management released a final environmental review Friday of a closely-watched oil and gas project proposed for the heart of Wyoming. The BLM’s preferred plan would allow the company to drill 4,250 additional wells, but it would require Aethon Energy Management and Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company to undertake water management tests, decrease disturbance of critical sage grouse habitat and increase the use of directional drilling wells on mul...
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Via Wyoming News Exchange A powerful state senator chided environmental regulators Thursday after they proposed tightening the amount of pollutants a company can release from the Moneta Divide gas- and oilfield. Former Senate president and current chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Eli Bebout (R-Riverton) wrote the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality saying members of his appropriations committee are concerned the agency will “backtrack” on agreements they made with Aethon Energy. The...
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Via Wyoming News Exchange Aethon Energy violated environmental regulations as it dumped Moneta Divide oilfield wastewater into Fremont County creeks above Boysen Reservoir, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality asserts in a letter. DEQ inspectors found “black sediment deposits” and foam in Alkali and Badwater creeks and “free oil” at a discharge point above them, the environmental agency wrote in a Dec. 17, 2019 letter of violation to an Aethon manager. Inspectors identified the black muck, w...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Town Attorney Mike Messenger presented the amendment for Town Ordinance No. 822 for a second reading. This amendment updates the definition of “Game Bird” and “Migratory Game Bird”. Essentially, it makes it illegal to feed turkeys in the town. There were nuisance reports of residents feeding wild turkeys in the neighborhoods with corn feed. The turkeys were collecting in groups, not leaving the area and were defecating on cars and property, causing damage...
According to the website for Security Boulevard, they state that cybercrime represents the fastest-growing types of crime in the United States — and the world as a whole. Not only are the cyber attacks that fall within this category growing in number, but they’re also increasing in both size and sophistication. This results in an increasingly large price tag for governments, businesses, and organizations of all sizes. It also means business is booming for cybercriminals. If you are concerned and want to take action to prevent yourself or you...
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new “happening” spot in town for breakfast and lunch, the 148 Bistro. Situated inside Gottsche Rehabilitation and Wellness, 148 Bistro is a complete makeover of the previous cafeteria shared by Gottsche and Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, including a whole new menu that changes daily. Krista Raymond, formerly of the Front Porch, is serving homemade breakfast burritos, cinnamon rolls, homemade granola and more at breakfast along with delicious salads,...
The largest home hospice care organization in Billings since 2017, Stillwater Hospice, is now working in Thermopolis and the Big Horn Basin. Director Chris Graham said the company’s philosophy is to keep people at home, or wherever they live, until the end of life. “We are here to relieve the burden of the caretakers,” Graham said. “People don’t always understand what hospice is. We don’t just come in the last couple of weeks. We come in six months or even a year before to make the process bea...
The Hot Springs County Board of Travel and Tourism recently met and approved a language change in their bylaws. As part of their strategic plan was to define tourism, Matt Hughes gave a bylaw edit for the first reading. This was originally proposed by Robert Roos because of concerns of businesses that actually do not serve the tourism industry being part of the board. Tourism Director Amanda Moeller brought up the International Tourism Industry definition which states, “The people, activities a...
The Hot Springs County Board of Commissioners is asking Hot Springs County Residents to apply for a Board Position of the Travel and Tourism Board. It is a three-year term and there is one opening. Residents of Hot Springs County who are interested in applying to serve on the Board or position should submit their County Board Questionnaire. This is available on the County website www.hscounty.com or at the Clerk’s Office. Submissions should be submitted no later than 12 p.m. (noon), Friday, February 28, 2020. Applications will be considered a...
Anyone interested in a 2020 membership for the Thermopolis Golf Course should leave a message at 864-5294 and a Board Member will get you on ASAP. There is an unlimited number of open slots. Frank Toth said, “We want to invite everyone to join that wants to do that. April 1st is the official start of the season, weather depending. There are a variety of golf course memberships from singles, couples, juniors to family. Costs will be noted on the membership application. If you have any questions, please contact Frank Toth at 8...
Banner Health’s Thermopolis Branch has a new location at 318 N. Sixth Street. Their business hours remain the same, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday to provide county residents with specialized family medicine. For more information on what Banner Health Thermopolis Branch has to offer, or to make an appointment, please call 864-3137....
Anyone interested in a 2020 membership for the Thermopolis Golf Course should leave a message at 864-5294 and a Board Member will get you on ASAP. There is an unlimited number of open slots. Frank Toth said, “We want to invite everyone to join that wants to do that.” April 1st is the official start of the season, weather depending. There are a variety of golf course memberships from singles, couples, juniors to family. Costs will be noted on the membership application. If you have any questions, please contact Frank Toth at 864...
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board met Tuesday and reviewed several annual audits and made additional reports by their members. Kelli Hoblit from the Big Horn Basin Clinic gave a report and overview to the Board of how the hospital meets the federal qualifications for the 340b drug pricing program. This program was created in 1992 and allows prescription medications to be made available to those in need at a significantly discounted price. Michael Wright, an accountant of Koerwitz...
The month of February is Community Appreciation Month at Taco Johns in Thermopolis. During February, you can buy a meal for any type of community member and they will receive their meal for free. For example, you chose to buy a meal for an EMT, the very next EMT to visit the Thermopolis location will receive their meal free of charge compliments of the buyer. Owner, Karen Leyba, said she is hoping the offer is a way to bring the community together. The buyer can pick from any type of job, including, but not limited to, teacher, county...
