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Sometimes, there are places or things which serve to define a community. Things that when mentioned bring immediately to mind a place or time that everyone knows and understands. For the Town of Thermopolis, one of those things is Hot Springs State Park (HSSP). Anyone who has ever been to Thermopolis knows about the park, and anyone who has ever been to the park knows about Thermop. There are many endearing aspects of HSSP – the springs, the pools, the Wyoming Pioneer Home, the Teepee Fountain a...
The Hot Springs County School Board met on November 13 for their regular monthly meeting. The school district’s auditor appeared remotely to review the district’s fiscal year 2025 audit report. Due to the federal government shutdown, the auditors are still awaiting a final directive from the United Stated Department of Education (USDE), before the report may be finalized, however, the auditor stated that all work has been completed on the report, and he anticipates that the report can be finalized in short order, once the USDE has issued the...
The Thermopolis - Hot Springs County Chamber Board met on November 13, 2025 for their regular monthly meeting. After fully considering the issue, the board determined that given the experience from last summer’s event, the organization will not host the Demolition Derby in 2026. The turn out of driver’s for the 2025 event was low. The board discussed the overwhelming success of the Moonlight Madness event, which was held downtown on October 30. All agreed that the event had been a smashing success with a large turnout of kids and adults. The...
The Hot Springs County Travel & Tourism Board has announced that its Fall Photo Contest is now open for submissions. Photographers of all skill levels are encouraged to enter their photographic works. The contest runs three times per year, in the spring, summer and fall. “Wind River Canyon Work Train,” was recently announced as the winner of the Summer Contest, and was submitted by local resident, Shelley Deromedi. Second place went to Jennifer Emery for her work entitled “Love Thermopolis”, and honorable mention went to Cindy Wollenb...
The Thermopolis Town Council met for its first regular monthly meeting on November. Brad Becerra, VFW Post Commander, appeared to make a veterans outreach presentation for the council. Becerra prefaced his presentation by addressing concerns he had regarding how the town communicates actions taken by the town council to town residents. He stated that he felt the town had not adequately advised residents regarding new stop signs that had been installed on Arapahoe Street and also regarding the allowance of fireworks at home football games....
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met on November 4 for their first regular meeting for the month. Following up on a request made at the board’s October 21 meeting that the county reimburse him for attorney fees incurred with regard to the on-going Governor’s investigation, commissioner Aguiar took issue with advice which had recently been provided by county attorney Jill Logan. She suggested that individual commissioners should not participate in action taken by the board of commissioners with regard to any request to cover the att...
After battling their way to a 6-1 record in the 2A Northwest Division, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats were set to battle it out in the playoffs. After winning a decisive victory over the Burns Broncs on their home field on Halloween, the Cats headed to Big Horn for a round two game, which the school had not experienced for many years. Big Horn is a big team, having the advantage of drawing upon a large pool of players from several towns in northwest Wyoming. They are a well-coached...
In early 2025, the Hot Springs County Republican Party elected new officers for their organization. Joe Martinez was elected to serve as Chairman, Clay Van Antwerp was elected to serve as Vice-Chairman, Phillip Scheel was elected to serve as State Committee Man, and Meri Ann Dorman was elected to serve as Secretary. Then, in April of this year, the Wyoming Republican Party implemented a dispute resolution procedure, which resulted in a recount of the votes cast, and changed the elected party leadership of the Hot Springs County Republican...
The Hot Springs Health Board of Directors met on October 28 for their regular monthly meeting. CEO, Scott Alwin, opened the meeting by recognizing several staff members who had received awards from the HealthCare Service Excellence Conference. Alwin advised that the Summit Awards are a North America-wide recognition program established and managed by the Conference. The Summit Awards are presented annually, and the top 3 to 5 nominees are recognized as “Pinnacle Achievers.” From those awardees, the winner of the Summit Award will be sel...
Beginning in 2018, long-time local resident, Cassie Owsley, operated a small business out of the shop on the family farm on Black Mountain Road. She sold specialized feeds and enjoyed being able to save friends and neighbors a trip into Thermopolis, or into Worland, to purchase necessary livestock feeds. When the feed stores in Thermopolis and Worland closed down, and folks could no longer locally acquire items, which Owsley did not supply, Cassie expanded her list of suppliers, and began to...
Last Friday night was Halloween, and there was a lot going on in Thermopolis. The Burns Broncs were at Leroy Hayes Field looking to defeat the Bobcats on their home turf. At games end, however, the Broncs would head home – sans treat, and with their season coming to a screeching halt. In Friday night’s round one play-off game, Burns came in as the number 3 seed from the 2A East, with a season record of 7-2, and 5-2. The Bobcats finished their season at 7-1 and 6-1, and stood as the number 2 seed from the 2A West, and the number 3 ranked tea...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats volleyball team was in Lander last weekend, to compete in the West Regional Tournament. Four teams from the Northwest quad, were joined by four teams from the Southwest quad. Each team needed two wins, over the course of the two-day tournament, in order to punch their ticket for a trip to play in Casper this weekend, at the state tournament. On Friday morning, October 31, the first round of the tournament got under way, with Shoshoni defeating Kemmerer by 3 sets to 1. Then Wind River went down to...
Sometimes, life becomes a bit boring. Each day seems to follow a script, which was written long ago, and which allows for no changes or deviations to “the usual.” Most days, we wake up in the morning, knowing full well how the day will go – each moment has been scheduled, and we are convinced, we know just how the day will end. But then, there are those other days. The days when things don’t go according to plan. For local resident, Cecelia Easton, October 15, 2025 was “that other day.” Easton grew up in Wyoming, and for many years, she lived i...
The Thermopolis Town Council met for its second regular monthly meeting on October 21. Stephanie Boren appeared and requested that the council allow fireworks to be used at the last regular season home football game at Leroy Hayes Field on Friday, October 26 and at the home playoff game on October 31. After some discussion of the historical use of such displays at home games, it was agreed by all council members to allow fireworks for the two home games, as well as at all future varsity home games. The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met on October 21 for their second regular meeting for the month. Barb Rice from Youth Alternatives appeared and provided the board with a rundown of things her organization had undertaken this fall. She reported that they are organizing an intro to cooking basics class, which will help participants gain some important life skills. As community service projects this fall, the group has done some mowing and clean-up in the state park; performed some improvements at the skate park; and did some much...
On Friday, October 24, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats polished off their remarkable regular season with a convincing win over the Wranglers of Pinedale. On Senior Night, the Pink Out Game was played before a vocal and supportive crowd at Leroy Hayes Field. Last week, the Cats were faced with their only loss of the season in an afternoon affair at Mountain View, where the Buffaloes have had a number two ranked season. Shrugging off the loss, the Cats put 321 yards of offense on...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats and Lady Cats cross country teams traveled to Cheyenne last weekend to compete in the Class 2A State Finals. Last September, the harriers season had begun at the Wyoming Invitational in Cheyenne and the teams were looking to better their previous times on the course at Little America. Both teams finished in third place at the conference finals and the Bobcats again finished third as a team at state. The competition in cross country has been stiff all season and the state finals were just as tough. In...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats have had a challenging season on the court. Although they have, at times, played at a very respectable level – reverse sweeping Lander at the Big Horn Tournament in September – at other times, the team has struggled to find its focus. Heading into last week's two series, the Lady Cats sat at the bottom of the 2A Northwest quad with a 5-19 record and winless in the Northwest. The season record, however, really does nothing to demonstrate the phy...
The Travel & Tourism Board met for their montly meeting on October 21. The board continued discussions on projects for which to utilize Destination and Development Grant funds, which are anticipated to be received from the State Tourism Board. Three projects are currently on the table: creating and installing wayfinding signs to guide visitors to attractions and services in town; producing a travel brochure and setting up a new website. Director Angie Guyon reported that she had prepared a draft map indicating proposed locations, and content fo...
The Hot Springs County School Board met on October 16 for their regular monthly meeting. The board welcomed new trustee Chauncey Johnson. Johnson thanked the board for giving him an opportunity to once again be involved with the school district. The district’s technology director Josh Taylor reported on the status of his department and provided the board with information pertaining to creating an AI policy for the district. The board is in the process of considering the adoption of such a policy, and welcomed the information to consider. S...
The Thermopolis - Hot Springs County Chamber Board met on October 9 for their regular monthly meeting. The chamber office changed to its winter hours schedule on October 1. The office is now open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday hours are 9 a.m. to noon. The chamber sponsors a Lunch and Learn event each month. The topic for the September event was active shooter and other hazards. The October event featured the discussion topic de-escalating communications in the office. Persons interested in attending the...
On Friday, October 17, in a game which would determine the first place standing in the 2A West and would also determine the number one seed in the upcoming play-offs, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats faced off against the Buffaloes in Mountain View. Both teams entered the contest undefeated on the season. Both teams had ranked defenses, with the Bobcats ranked #3, and Mountain View ranked #4. The match up resulted in the Bobcats suffering their first loss of the season....
Last week, the Hot Springs County High School varsity volleyball team played two in-conference matches – one at home and one on the road. On Friday, the Lady Cats hosted the Lady Blue of Shoshoni. The two teams were fairly evenly matched. However, Shoshoni came away win a 3-0 win (26-24, 25-13, and 25-20). As has been the case for nearly the entire season, the Lady Cats were without their full complement of players. Although not suited up, senior Jayssie Owsley, was active on the bench - taking care of her teammates, making sure they all s...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat and Lady Cat cross country teams traveled to Ethete last Saturday to face off in the 2A West 5 Rivers Conference Finals. Both the Bobcats and the Lady Cats finished third in the team standings at the event and carried home some new hardware for the high school’s trophy case. For the Lady Cats, freshman Jakae Elder finished in second place with a time of 23:08. Mimi Johnson finished with a time of 26:32; and Lilly Johnson ran a time of 30:23. Shaving more than a minute and a half off of her previous p...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met on October 7 for their first regular meeting for the month. Les Culliton appeared before the commissioners, to inquire about the status of collection efforts regarding the court ordered fine imposed in connection with the Tipi Retreat property. County Attorney Jill Logan stated that she was awaiting direction from the commissioners to move forward with collection efforts. Upon a motion made by commissioner Bob Aguiar and seconded by chairman Tom Ryan, the commissioners advised the county Attorney to...
