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On Thursday, Hot Springs County High School Student Body President Tyler Cornwell and the senior class issued a challenge for students and staff to go the day without technology. The challenge was not so strict as to limit technology use entirely; if needed for school-related activity or emergencies, it was allowable. Cornwell said the issue of cell phone usage in the schools was brought up in a meeting between teachers and Principal Scott Shoop. While use for in-class activity, such as...
Four Hot Springs County High School athletes have been elected to their respective 2A Northwest All-Conference Teams this season, along with three named as honorable mentions. Senior Randi Elisson and sophomore Haley McDermott are honored on the girls’ all-conference team while senior Tyler Cornwell and junior Keegan Robbins are part of the boys’ all-conference squad. Twelve members are named to both teams. Jessica Schierkolk and Korey Smith were named honorable mention to the girls’ team with Noah Schwalbe named as honorable mention to the boy...
Hot Springs County Recreation District Adult Coed Basketball standings and scores include: Standings: Geeks in Sneaks 6 0 Red Rock Family Practice 5 1 Owl Creek Graphics 4 2 Hoosier Daddy 2 4 The Has Beens 1 5 Paintbrush Dental 0 6 March 2 game scores: Geeks in Sneaks 86 vs Paintbrush Dental 61. High scorers: Geeks in Sneaks - Nate Miller 34 points, Paintbrush Dental - Dusty McLean – 24. Hoosier Daddy 44 vs Owl Creek Graphics 55. High scorers: Hoosier Daddy - Skylar Thomas 25, Owl Creek - Colin Herold 15. Red Rock Family Practice 81 vs Has B...
The Hot Springs County Barrel Racing Winter Series is in full swing at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The next event is set for April 17. Results from March 6 include: Peewee barrels Division 1D: Kamryn Farrell, 21.099. Division 4D: Taylor Malcom, 23.134; Kaycee Stothart, 24.363; Mesa Allen, 25.896; IreLynn Campbell, 27.118; Dessirae Willow, 36.357. Youth barrels Division 1D: Dasha Kelso, 16.321; Kamryn Farrell, 16.452; Kaitlyn Schmuck, 16.571; Laney Acord, 16.592; Emme Norsworthy, 16.715; Katie Fisher, 16.727. Division 2D: Jordan...
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Riverton will teach a Severe Weather Spotter training class at the Hot Springs County Annex Building at 117 North 4th Street, Thursday, March 17 from 6-7:30 p.m. The free training class is open to the public. The training session details how severe weather forms, outlines appropriate safety actions, and uses video and digital images from across Wyoming to help volunteers learn to identify and report severe weather. All course materials are provided and completion cards will be given to all...
On Thursday Betty Hawkins and Julie Lehman received approval from the Cemetery Board for a Monument Hill Cemetery Avenue of Flags project, which began as a means to honor Hawkins’ husband and Lehman’s father, Donald, who passed away Jan. 9. The Avenue will provide a way to honor those veterans with ties to Hot Springs County. For more information on the project, contact Hawkins at 864-3948, or Lehman at 921-0018....
Pre-registration for the Risen Son Christian School will be Thursday, March 17 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the school. Students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade will be accepted. Discounted rates will be offered for early registration. Prizes will be given away. For more information, call 921-0494....
A representative from the Riverton Workforce Center, a local office of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, will be available to help job seekers and employers at Hot Springs County Library from 10 a.m.-noon and from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15. The Riverton office of the Department of Workforce Services is also available by phone at 307-856-9231or on their website at http://wyomingworkforce.org/”wyomingworkforce.org....
As a part the travel management process, the Shoshone National Forest will hold a government cooperator meeting at Big Horn Federal Savings Bank in Thermopolis on Friday, March 18 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend and observe the meeting. For information and updates on the Shoshone National Forest’s travel management process, visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/shoshone/home/?cid=stelprd3846526. As America’s first national forest, the Shoshone National Forest has 2.4 million acres of diverse terrain and a mission to sus...
An Antique StrollShow with John Sollo is scheduled for April 8-9 at Broadway Bygones, 535 Broadway St. Sollo’s area of expertise is furniture from 1870 to present. He has authored books on antiques, owned an antique auction house in New Jersey and has appeared on TV several times doing antique appraisals. There will be a welcome reception for Sollo on Friday, April 8 from 6-7 p.m. On Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sollo will be evaluating items. You must register by Thursday, March 31. Only 24 registrations will be accepted at the c...
Librarian Sandy Richins, dressed as Cat in a Hat, visits with students Mercedee Martinez and Ben Snyder at Ralph Witters Elementary during Dr. Seuss Week....
River of Life will host a fundraiser March 12 from 5-8 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Fair Building for Central Wyoming Tree Service Founder Ken Averill. Ken’s wife Mary said her husband traveled to the Hunstman Hospital in Salt Lake City to undergo his second round of chemotherapy and radiation. He has undergone a total six hours of treatment. Ken has stage 4 head and neck cancer, Mary said, and has undergone surgeries last March and October, and an emergency procedure around Christmas. The operations were not only to remove tumors, but a...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s public comment period on 2016 hunting season setting regulations is now open. Individuals interested in the changes to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission’s regulations are encouraged to attend statewide public meetings or provide written input. Online commenting is available as well. The public meeting in Thermopolis is scheduled for Wednesday, March 16 at 6 p.m. in the meeting room at Big Horn Federal. Members of the public can provide comments at the meeting, online at https://wgfd....
David Hansen works to unwrap as many goodies as he can before Spencer Luce rolls doubles on the dice during the Shrink Wrap Candy Ball Game at the Luce fundraiser Saturday at the fair building....
Joint the ArtStroll Friday and Saturday, March 11 & 12, to salute the hunter and gatherer in all of us. The Second Friday ArtStroll is from 5-8 p.m. in downtown Thermopolis. Strollers will enjoy featured artists, live music, refreshments and door prizes. Hunters and gatherers will be in businesses displaying, discussing and demonstrating food preservation, poultice making, wildlife and landscape photography, leather crafting and making art from bones and things you find along the trail. You can be entered to win one of several door prizes...
As April transitions to May, Relay for Life of Hot Springs County will host the first ever Drift and Drive Tournament, in memory of Helen Davis and Eddie Brister. Davis’ granddaughter Nikki Slagle said Davis was a former Thermopolis resident and an avid fisher. Though her grandmother passed away in 1993 from pancreatic cancer, Slagle said those memories of her grandmother’s fishing are among her fondest. “I honestly don’t remember her not fishing.” Slagle, a member of the Relay for Life core...
Taking advantage of some unseasonably warm weather last week, two-year-old Connor Gardner and mom Shylah Boss have a "stick war."...
