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  • Museum fundraising still going strong

    Feb 21, 2019

    The Hot Springs County Pioneer Association began a funding drive last October to raise money for the purchase of the property adjoining the Hot Springs County Museum on the west side. To date, those efforts have realized more than half of the association’s $105,000 goal, collected and in the bank. The association’s contract for deed has been extended until the end of March, so the initiative continues. There is currently a challenge to the public — for every dollar donated, it will be matched — dollar for dollar — up to $10,000. A legitimat...

  • County officials to update IT policy

    Feb 21, 2019

    The Hot Springs County Commissioners held their second meeting of the month on Tuesday afternoon, discussing a possible upgrade to their health insurance and a new IT policy for the county. Insurance representative Brad Johnson talked with the commissioners about a ‘concierge program’ that could be added to the current insurance policy that would let members somewhat pick and choose where they go for surgeries, orthopaedics and other proceedures through a contract system with various hospitals. Those facilities go under contract with the ins...

  • Business planning coming in June

    Feb 21, 2019

    Business Continuity Planning is an eight-hour, instructor-led course designed to teach executive-level managers and small business owners how to develop a comprehensive and effective business continuity program. The course is planned for Wednesday, June 12 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department Fire Hall. The registration deadline is Wednesday, May 29, and a minimum of 20 registrations must be received by the deadline to confirm the class will be held. During the course, participants will learn about the business...

  • Early runoff forecast numbers released

    Feb 21, 2019

    If the weather continues along this same pattern until spring, it looks as though we may not have the high water issues on the Big Horn River that we’ve had the past couple of years. According to the most recent reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), below normal snowmelt streamflow volumes are expected across several major basins in Wyoming, including the Wind and Big Horn. Current water year precipitation is averaging 95 to 105 percent of normal across the state with mountain snowpack at 85 to 95 percent o...

  • Going back up

    Feb 21, 2019

    Students make the uphill trek during the seniors' sledding trip in the Bighorn Mountains last week....

  • Stuck up by students

    Feb 21, 2019

    For raising the second-highest amount of money for Pennies for Patients, the Hot Springs County High School junior class was given the opportunity to duct tape Vice Principal Curt Mayer to a wall in the high school commons area....

  • Books and baked goods

    Mark Dykes, Editor|Feb 21, 2019

    Students and their mothers enjoy a treat before school last Friday during the Lights On Moms and Muffins event. Tables were strewn with books as well, for some family reading ....

  • Shout out to our Thermopolis FFA

    Feb 21, 2019

    The National FFA Organization was founded in 1925 by agriculture teachers Henry C. Groseclose, Walter Newman, Edmund Magill and Harry Sanders in 1925 at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, as Future Farmers of Virginia. Originally named Future Farmers of Virginia, in 1928 it became known as Future Farmers of America, established by 33 students from 18 states, and in 1988 became the National FFA Organization, or simply FFA. In 1929, national blue and corn gold became the organization's official c...