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  • Ukrainian dancers coming to town

    Sep 26, 2019

    Thermopolis has a unique opportunity coming in October that is sure to be not only entertaining, but educational as well. Golden Gates Dancers offers audiences an entertaining and authentic glimpse into the Ukraine through music, song, and dance. The repertoire is centered around masterpieces of Ukrainian Dance representing a diversity of traditions, ranging from gently humorous songs, to elaborate lyrical suites, to pulsating dance numbers. The program is broad and varied, with something to appeal to everyone, including audience participation...

  • 300th Battalion members met, share stories

    Sep 26, 2019

    Surviving members of the 300th Armored Field Artillery Battalion met at Thermopolis Café Saturday morning for a reunion, among them Bob Brown, Bob James, AJ Burns and John Dodge. Members of the 300th fought in the Korean War, with Battery “A” personnel activated for Korea on Aug. 14, 1950. Some of the battalion shipped out from Thermopolis in February of 1951. Upon their return, the unit had annual reunions, the first and last of which were in Thermopolis. Though the official reunions have come and gone, Saturday’s meeting gave these member...

  • Digging in

    Mark Dykes, Editor|Sep 26, 2019

    Kiyah Oliver gets in a hit as Kaitlin Barral is ready to assist, during the eighth grade home volleyball game against Lovell....

  • Final touches

    Mark Dykes, Editor|Sep 26, 2019

    Jacky Wright adds her signature to the last main structural beam to go up at the expansion at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital....

  • NBHA state results

    Sep 26, 2019

    The National Barrel Horse Association conducted its Wyoming finals in Rock Springs this past weekend. Though there were no local riders competing, many who travel to compete in the NBHA races throughout the year were at the state competition. Below are the results from our District 3 riders; all times in State races are averages: Jerrie Slagle: Friday Warm Up Open 1D fifth, 15.880; State Open 1D eighth, 16.125 Nick Comes: State Open 1D (Average) 14th, 16.361; State Open 2D third, 16.564 Jody Campbell: Friday Warm Up Open 4D third, 18.384;...

  • Grizzly bear relocated from area west of Thermopolis

    Sep 26, 2019

    At the direction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear on Friday, Sept. 20, as well as a sub-adult male grizzly bear on Sept. 22. The adult male bear was captured for killing cattle on private lands northwest of Thermopolis. In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Shoshone National Forest, the bear was relocated to the Fox Creek drainage approximately fifty miles northwest of Cody. Luke Ellsbury, the large carnivore biologist...

  • Man shot by Riverton officer identified

    Katie Roenigk|Sep 26, 2019

    RIVERTON — The Fremont County Coroner’s Office will hold a public inquest into the officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of Anderson Antelope, 58, of Riverton, on Saturday at Walmart. Officials said the Riverton Police Department officer who shot Antelope was not injured, despite being “stabbed… in the center of the chest” with a six-inch knife, according to a Monday statement from Fremont County Attorney Patrick LeBrun. LeBrun said the knife failed to penetrate the officer’s body armor. Antelope then “continued the assault,...

  • Student built tiny cabin goes up for auction

    Sep 26, 2019

    Hot Springs County High School's career/technical education program has been working on a tiny cabin for the last two years and now its ready to find its new home. The tiny cabin was moved near the football field before the Homecoming game last Friday so folks could take a look at it. If you would like to make a bid on the tiny cabin, the starting bid is $8,000 which covers the cabin's construction costs. Sealed bids for the project will be taken through Tuesday, October 15 at 5 p.m. by...

  • Homecoming fun

    Mark Dykes, Editor|Sep 26, 2019

    The week of Homecoming is always entertaining at the high school and the community. Among the school activities was the Lip Sync/Air Band Battle. The downtown parade featured floats of pop culture from the past and some cowboys, along with teams riding fire engines. Prior to the Bobcats crushing win over Moorcroft Friday night, Homecoming royalty took to the track....