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At the July Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) meeting, county planner Bo Bowman presented an application from Duane and Cindy Maddock requesting approval for a Preliminary Subdivision Plat, to divide 30 +/- acres into two lots and a Land Use Change for the same 30 acres, from the Agricultural land use category to the Residential land use category. Both lots would be served by onsite wells and septic systems. Proposed Lot 1 is developed. The subject property is a 30-acre...
Get ready to catch up with old friends, share stories and make new memories during the Hot Springs County High School All Class Reunion this weekend. According to Shasta Shafer, of the Alumni Association, there will be a social event at the VFW located at 302 Broadway on Saturday, July 15 beginning at 8 p.m. No dinner will be served, but drinks will be available for purchase. Music will be played and there will be room to dance. Donations will be accepted during the event. Individual classes...
At the July 5 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, Maddie Ross of Ardurra gave the Geographic Information System (GIS) report and said regarding work completed that they are nearly finished attributing septic permit information in the online GIS database. They worked on verifying address locations and legal descriptions of septic permits from 2011 to 1978. They also began distance to the nearest intersection analysis for road features in the Road Maintenance field application. They...
At the June Hot Springs Health (HSH) board meeting held in their conference room, Verlene Luna gave the quality report and said, "Part of our community health needs assessment really played into our strategic plan. Our growth globally has three main themes: mental health & substance abuse; chronic disease prevention, medicine, and education; and access to health care." Luna provided an update on what they have been doing so far. Regarding mental health & substance abuse, Luna said that they...
At the June Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism board meeting held at the County Historical Museum, Treasurer Audra Dominguez gave the financial report. Their most recent lodging tax revenue deposit of $17,792.08 was another record-breaking amount. This particular amount is from February, three months earlier. This year’s lodging tax revenue is $1,532.35 more than the previous year at this time and is a 9% positive change. The current total lodging tax revenue for 2022-2023 is $209,267.83. T...
At the June 20 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at the Town Hall, during citizen participation, Kevin Simpson, President of the Golf Board, requested additional funds for the repair and maintenance of the golf course. Simpson explained that the course has aged and is beyond its life expectancy. There is also a need for a new pump at the pump house at the river. Simpson said they want to have two pumps working to create redundancy in case one pump system goes down and they can continue the...
At the June 6 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, Chairman Tom Ryan held a public hearing regarding the Burrows Land Use Change application. Derrick Burrows has requested a land use change from the Agricultural land use category to the Commercial land use category, for 8.2 acres, to allow a 12-unit tent (teepee) campground. He proposes to erect up to twelve teepees on wooden platforms, to be marketed as short-term rentals. The subject property is an 8.2-acre property located in the...
At the June 6 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, council members John Dorman Sr. and Dusty Lewis were absent. Mayor Adam Estenson, council members Bill Malloy and Rachel Hughes were present. Clerk/Treasurer Tracey Van Heule presented the second reading of the budget for 2023-2024 with some additional changes. Van Heule said they increased the Park’s budget and added some money for a recording system for the police dispatch. The council voted and passed the approval of the b...
The Hot Springs County Rural Water Joint Powers Board (HSCRWJPB) held a special meeting on June 1 at the Annex building to review their amended budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023 and their proposed budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024. See page 9 of this issue for a detailed presentation of the amended and proposed budgets. The HSCRWJPB also reviewed their memberships and held a discussion of their amendment agreements with their attorney, Virgil Kinnaird. Although no action was taken by the...
At the May 30 Hot Springs Health board meeting held at their conference room, CEO Scott Alwin introduced new surgical director Tim Teson. Teson is originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and will oversee the operating rooms, ambulatory, infusions, and anesthesiology areas. Teson previously worked at MetroHealth, which is the county hospital Level-One trauma center. In the medical staff report, Dr. Mattson Mathey said they updated their policies, such as not needing to wear masks when seeing Lab Well...
Thermopolis's Porshia Birdsley won Second Place in the Nation at the 2023 United States Strongman Nationals in Dallas, Texas on June 3. Birdsley competed against 15 women in her class of 149 to 165 pounds. These athletes are the top in the nation and their scores were based on an accumulation of total points from each of the events. There were five events Birdsley competed in. First was the Lever Ladder Deadlift with 110 pounds that reached 315 pounds, to be done as fast as possible. Second, was...
Dr. Sarah Radabaugh, Dr. Nathan Miller, and Dr. Bill Hayes held their Cloud Peak Chiropractic & Wellness open house in Thermopolis on June 1. Their office is located at 443 Big Horn Street. Dr. Radabaugh's first exposure to chiropractic came at a very young age courtesy of her father, Dr. Bill Hayes, an experienced and highly skilled chiropractor in his own right. Inspired by the incredible results and long-lasting relationships she witnessed in her father's office, Dr. Radabaugh enrolled at...
Tom Olsen Thermopolis Middle School science and social studies teacher Tom Olsen is retiring after teaching for the past 35 years. Olsen went to school at the University of Wyoming and then taught for ten years in Oregon, where he and his wife Lauri raised their three children. However, after Olsen's father passed away, they decided to move back to Wyoming to teach at the Lucerne school for ten years. Olsen then taught at Ralph Witters Elementary for one year and then transferred to the high...
At the May 16 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, Town Engineer Anthony Barnett reported that they had a meeting with DEQ to extend their permit for the landfill. Barnett said they recommended at first extending the permit for one year but then said they could extend it for two years. Their current permit expires on June 9. Currently, the town is filling up cell #10 and maybe move to cell #11 next. Barnett added, “It’s one of those where the discussion goes back and forth and the...
The American Legion National Commander Vincent J. “Jim” Troiola paid a visit to Thermopolis to meet with local Legion members during a lunch meeting on May 23. Troiola explained his purpose in coming to meet local Legion Post 18 members. He said, “I’ve been visiting small Legion posts in small communities since September last year. That’s a goal that I had because I felt that the smaller Legion posts did so much work in the community and they didn’t get national recognition for it. Come and ta...
At the May 18 Hot Springs County Rural Water Joint Powers Board (HSCRWJPB) meeting held at the Annex building, board member Tony Basko gave an update from the Wyoming Water Development Commission (WWDC) meeting, which was on May 11 in Cheyenne. Basko attended the meeting along with HSCRWJPB Chairman Tom Ryan and Thermopolis Mayor Adam Estenson. At the WWDC meeting, they discussed their Level 2 application to drill for a new water source at Lysite Mountain. Basko reported that the commission...
The Help Center held its open house on May 16 at its new location, located at 426 Big Horn Street, the former site of Hope Agency. Ron Philips, the priest from the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, who oversees the Help Center, described why they made the move to their new building saying, “What has happened is we’ve grown. There is a greater need in the community for services like ours. We help people with rent utilities. We do food boxes. We provide computer access, copies, faxing, that kind of t...
The annual Wyoming State High School Art Symposium was held April 19-21 at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper. This year was the 55th State High School Art Symposium. An estimated 5,000 pieces of student artwork were displayed this year. Hot Springs County High School's Jennifer Emery's art students had a great time attending and participating in the show. Chloe Mascorro, Hannah Lippincott, Jessen Basse, Zoey Larson, Lauren Thomas, Maddisyn Tjepkes, Rosalie Willson, and Audrey Hensley all...
At the May 2 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, Ardurra’s Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross gave their Geographic Information Systems (GIS) report via speakerphone. Ross reported that they made minor edits to the HSC Open Data and HSC GeoHub site. They also purchased an ArcGIS Online Viewer License to be used with the HSC GeoHub site. Additionally, they provided the HSC Open Data/Geo Hub tutorial for the Commissioners, traveled to Thermopolis, and attended a work session with them. Ros...
At the May 2 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, Codes administrator Jim Jeunehomme said the Town’s Spring Clean Up will be from May 15 through May 21. All residents and business owners are encouraged to clean their property in preparation for the upcoming summer season. Four large dumpsters will be located at the following addresses for residents to use: 14th Street next to the tennis courts, intersection of 9th and Big Horn Streets, intersection of 8th and Amoretti Streets, a...
Wyoming Whiskey is hosting a fun-filled event that includes horse racing, games and whiskey. A Kirby Dirby Kentucky Derby Watch Party will be held at Wyoming Whiskey in Kirby on Saturday, May 6 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. There will be games, including a Horses Dice Tourney starting at 1 p.m., Stick Horse Races starting at 3 p.m., the Best Kirby Dirby Hat Contest cocktails and prizes. Event attendees and participants must be 21 years and older as there will be cocktails and prizes. Wyoming...
The Wyoming FFA State Convention was held in Cheyenne on April 18-22. Several members of the Hot Springs County High School Thermopolis FFA Chapter and the Thermopolis Middle School FFA Chapter were recognized at the state event. Thermopolis FFA Chapter High school seniors Morgan Slover and Lexi Overfield were named Region 2 Stars and both received their State Degrees. Slover participated in teams in vet science, marketing planning, and farm ranch management. Slover earned two silver...
Safe Haven has moved its location to 316 Broadway, Suite 4, and has a new director, Kelli Bloedel. Bloedel said, “We feel like this is a more private location to where if you’re here, you could be a lot of places. You could be getting your nails done, you could be getting your haircut, or you could be at the VFW. You know, it’s not… where we were before. It was not very inconspicuous. This just gives a little more privacy to the clients. We feel like it’s better suited for their needs.” Bloedel...
Thermopolis High School participated in the District Music Performance Assessments in Powell on April 17 - 18, with ten band and ten choir members participating. The students were led by Music Director Jackson Chitwood and Assistant to the Music Program, Stefani Haga. The assessments were held at Northwest College at the Nelson Performing Arts Center for schools in the Northern Bighorn Basin. Chitwood said, "We all came together and performed for adjudicators, or three adjudicators for the...
At the April 18 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, the commissioners held a brief discussion about having open public comments on the agenda. Chairman Ryan said he reviewed County Attorney Jill Logan’s research on the matter stating she “did a great job sending us a brief on that. It pretty much echoed most of my concerns. And even after that, I’m still not in favor of that.” Commissioner Paul Galovich proposed having a 15-minute time on the agenda, with speakers having a two to...
