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Owen Douglas takes his shot during the Hot Springs County Library Olympics while Monte Love and John Maier wait for their turn....
Hardy Johnson won the Utah State Golf Championship for the Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tour held Sept. 19-20 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He won his age division with an 18 hole score of 73 on day one and a 74 on day two for a combined score of 147....
Tuesday night's sunset makes a beautiful colored reflection in the cooling ponds in Hot Springs State Park. Virga is dropping from the clouds....
Come join astronomer, author and national speaker Dr. Kevin Manning for an evening of “Astronomy for Everyone!” Manning will provide an intriguing, thought-provoking program of exploration into our universe, Thursday evening, Sep. 24, 7 p.m., at Hot Springs County Library. Manning is a former consultant to NASA and on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (launched on the space shuttle with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). He has also worked with ground-based observatories such as Brookhaven National Laboratory. Manning is known for...
Sam Mihara, Heart Mountain detainee from 1943-45 Spoke at the Hot Spring County Museum and Cultural Center to packed audience about his time here in Wyoming. Mr. Mihara is a UCLA Professor and rocket scientist....
We all can look back to a moment that changed our lives, an influence at the time that was invisible or unknown. Being part of a team, a group learning to work with others. Developing skills that last a lifetime. The Boy Scouts have boasted this for over 100 years. In that time span there have been many members who have joined the Scouts and even moved on to become Eagle scouts. Our community is no different. Last weekend the Boy Scouts held their annual Boy Scout Jamboree in the Hot Springs...
Friday night's Friends of NRA banquet raised over $14,000, half of which will remain in Wyoming to be awarded as grants for local gun clubs, 4-H shooting clubs and other organizations that support and encourage safe firearm use. An estimated 120 people attended Friday night's banquet. Although there were 150 total tickets available for the event, participation was up from last year's event. The banquet had to compete for participants against Hot Springs High School sporting events, which also to...
Wyoming Game and Fish has released the 2015 hunting forecast for the souther part of the Big Horn Basin. Antelope Pronghorn hunting in the southern Bighorn Basin will likely be similar to 2014. Although pronghorn numbers are still below target levels in both the Copper Mountain herd (hunt areas 76, 114, 115) and the 15-Mile herd (hunt areas 77, 83, 110), there has been some improvements in fawn production in 2014 and 2015, which should translate to better hunting in the future. Hunting seasons will remain fairly conservative in most areas to...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department urges hunters and other backcountry users to be cautious when recreating in bear country, and to carry and know how to use bear spray. “As bears become more active and hunters begin to pursue game in the field, we anticipate that there will be an increase in human-bear encounters,” said Tara Teaschner, Cody information and education specialist for Game and Fish Department. “As hunters, we do exactly the opposite of what we would have most recreationists do to avoid bear encounters—you might say that hunters...
Students and family members enjoyed games and ice cream at the Head Start social Sept. 10. Left to right. Briar, Vinnie, Abigail and James take their turn playing with a parachute....
An anonymous artist drew the Twin Towers along with the message "We Remembered" during the ArtStroll on the 14th anniversary of the September 11 attacks....
Children in grades kindergarten through 4th grade are invited to Wednesday Fellowship at Federated Community Church located at the corner of Sixth and Big Horn St. from 4-5 p.m. every Wednesday. Pick up is available at Ralph Witters Elementary. Youth Pizza Fellowship is available every Wednesday starting at 6:15 p.m. at the Federated Community Church for students in fifth through 12 grade. For more information about either event, call 921-9863....
Opening the Travel and Tourism meeting on a positive note, Amanda Moeller reported that it was a record month for the tax deposit with an 18% increase over last year. This is the highest deposit in four years. She mentioned during the Craft Fair one of the venders had trouble finding a place to stay due to the local motels being booked up. With efforts to combine the Craft Fair, Folk Festival and Gift of the Waters was quite successful and if all the motels were booked then something was done...
The Hot Springs County High High School Foods 2 class would like to present to you with the recipes for a special dinner that is sure to take your breath away. The class spends 2-3 days after they put together the recipe to taste test it and make sure it is something that our local community members are going to love. The recipes will never be too difficult so that way if you do not have dinner/supper plans already made, it will just take you a few minutes to whip it all up. No matter what recipe they provide, they will always make sure you...
Ralph Witters Elementary fourth graders Joely Mounts, left, and Jayda Griffin practice blowing square bubbles during a science experiment designed to give a science twist to writing....
The Second-Friday ArtStroll in downtown Thermopolis, September 11 from 5-8 p.m. will feature chalk art on the sidewalks. The public is invited to draw a picture or write your name during the second annual Get Your Chalk On ArtStroll. Chalk will be available from many of the downtown businesses. Bring your design and join the fun as Smoking Waters Art Guild members and others draw designs on the sidewalks now through Saturday, September 12. This month’s Second-Friday ArtStroll and Still Strolling Saturday features artists, live music, r...
Fouth grader, Seth Needham, leaps off the swing during recess Tuesday at Ralph Witters Elementary playground....
Vendors are lining up for Main Street’s upcoming Oktobrewfest event to be held Saturday, September 26. Six non-food vendors have made commitments and will feature handmade crafts and gifts, jewelry, Scentsy products, and 307 Beard products. Additional sponsor booths will line the streets along with seven food vendors providing guests with everything from brats to kettle corn and German chocolate funnel cakes to caramel apples. Main Street Thermopolis board president, Stefanie Gilbert is still e...
This yard at 435 Warren is our featured pride in property yard for the week....
Being in touch with nature is a beautiful thing. Books, songs, and poems have been written about it and people still photograph, draw, and paint the beauty of the outdoors on a regular basis. This love of the outdoors is something that should not be available to the lucky few, but open to anyone. The White House has taken a step forward to help more families afford to visit our nation’s national parks and lands with the “Every Kid in a Park” initiative. Sponsored by the National Park Service and...
Left, Brockton Merrill gets into tyrannosaurus character as he makes his way to the stage. Left to right, Vivian Sanners, Nichole Ciz, Mary McGillivray, Jessie Ream and Anna Wassing put on an epic elementary school pep rally showing off their dance moves by performing the dinosaur stomp....
Second grade student Carson Christensen is welcomed by a friendly velociraptor for his first day of school Wednesday at Ralph Witters Elementary....
Shelley Deromedi sells jam and other garden goodies to local shoppers at Saturday morning's downtown Farmers Market....
Michael Wright plays the cello while Harold Hutson picks the guitar during a bluegrass jam session at Trails End Cafe at Exxon Southside Friday night....
The 10th Annual Rotary Turbo Turtle Trek is on its way to Thermopolis, Saturday, Aug. 29. The event begins at 1 p.m. at the Big Spring in Hot Springs State Park with a list of prizes that includes $1,000 in cash for the grand prize winner. Other prizes include guns, big screen televisions, mini-vacations, gift certificates, dinosaur digs and much more. Tickets are $10 per turtle and may be purchased from any Rotary Club member. Tickets are also available at Broadway Bygones, Koerwith, Michel,...
