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Heather Hayes takes some instruction on posture and looking ahead during the Connie Combs Barrel Racing Clinic over the weekend....
Tate Adams supervises his daughters, Remi, Zoe and Arin, as they move their pigs down the alley to be weighed. Sunday was Hot Springs County sheep and pig weigh and tag day for the 4-H and FFA youth that will be showing their livestock at county fair....
Set aside Father’s Day weekend for something dad is sure to love, the Annual Hot Spot Car Rally in Hot Springs State Park. For more than 20 years the rally has brought in classic and antique cars as well as trucks and other vehicles sure to take you back in time and make your heart race a little faster. On Saturday, June 20, early registration will be held for the poker run at 8 a.m. at the Kiwanis shelter in the park. The poker run will run from 10 a.m. til 4 p.m. After the run, the cars w...
Everyone loves a parade! The first parade of the summer will be for the Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo on Saturday, June 27. The parade begins at 10 a.m. with line-up starting at 9:30 at 5th Street and Shoshoni. They will travel down 6th Street to the stop light, turn right on Broadway and finish up in front of the VFW. There are awards in each of the categories: walking, automobile, float, horse, pet, music and ranch. Entry forms are available for download at thermopoliscowboyrendezvous.co...
The smell of tacos, burgers and kettle corn filled the air. The sun was shining and the music bounced off buildings downtown while the sound of shouts, cheers and basketballs bouncing off the pavement marked yet another successful 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Thermopolis. After the rock and mud slides in the canyon last week, there was some concern whether or not the canyon would re-open in time for teams from the south side of the state to get here. Fortunately, crews got the road open and...
Along with dinner, games, prizes and auction items, Nancy Darland chooses a beautiful rose which was available for purchase at the Pheasants Forever banquet Saturday....
The eighth annual Hot Spot Livestock Show will be held Friday, June 5 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Youth are encouraged to bring their prospect beef, heifers, swine and lambs to the show, which begins at 1 p.m. Livestock weigh-in and entries for livestock exhibitors begin at 10 a.m. The Joey Mahoney Peewee Showmanship is free to all exhibitors 7 and under. There will be cash prizes for all peewee participants. Belt buckles and cash prizes for champion beef, lamb and hogs will be awarded. Cash prizes go to all class winners. The...
Alive at 25 is sponsoring a free defensive driving course Friday, June 5, at the Hot Springs County Annex building from 12:30-5 p.m. The course is designed for ages 15-25. You can register online at aliveat25.us. Participants are asked to bring a photo ID (if available). Snacks and drinks may also be brought to the class. Students will receive a certificate of completion immediately following the successful completion of the course....
The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund recently awarded $195,678 to 30 cultural organizations around the state at their recent grant review board meeting held in Pinedale. Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation was awarded $8,000 for the Big Horn Basin Folk Festival scheduled for August 1-2. This grant round was very competitive with 45 grant applications requesting essentially $1 million in grant support....
Thirteen Hot Springs County children were awarded scholarships to attend a “Local Only” Kids’ Dig on June 12 at the Warm Springs Ranch and Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Director, Jessica Lippincott, of the Big Horn Basin Foundation collected nominations from teachers at Risen Son Christian School, Ralph Witters Elementary and Thermopolis Middle School. Board Members of the Big Horn Basin Foundation selected the following students to receive the scholarships: Ethan Yarrington, Anthony Sword, Samantha O’Brien, Waikeli Balstad, Kalli Blanford, Kianna M...
Bryce Harvey and Dylan Shaffer move a bench which was dedicated to the late Peggy Shaffer. Peggy Shaffer was a Hot Springs County native from 1946 to 2012. Britton Van Heule said the Ag students at Hot Springs County High School built the bench after Ed Schaffer asked him to do so. The bench rests behind the old school building at the Museum Annex on Broadway Street....
Carl Jones of Ralston recently brought his miniature donkey to Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center to visit with residents....
After weeks of clouds and rain, the sun came up Saturday to shine on the Thermopolis Golf Club for the three-person scramble. Low score and first place for the day went to the team of Ethan Brooks, Bob Ryan and Kevin Skates with a 56. Second place, with a score of 57, went to Matt Mason, Kevin Simpson and Lindsay Simpson. Following in third place was the Bjorhus family team of Dana, her father Donnie and her grandfather Duane, with a score of 64. Brett Bury, Steve Bury and Frank Toth scored a...
Young ladies from Wyoming and surrounding states will be participating in the Third Annual Connie Combs Barrel Racing Clinic this weekend at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. World champion barrel racer and seven-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier, Combs is the only person to win the WPRA World Championship on a stallion. Combs now spends much of her time training some of the best barrel horses on the rodeo circuit and girls participating in the clinic will be receiving hands-on training...
The Smoking Waters Art Guild is hosting a pallet painting party June 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., by City Rags located at 444 Broadway. According to stroll organizer Toddi Darlington, the Big Horn Basin Folk Festival is in need of pallets to be used as festival area dividers. “We thought it would be fun to invite the public, especially children, to stop by and paint a pattern on a pallet”. Wear your painting clothes and come paint a pallet during Still Strolling Saturday. If you’d like to paint a pallet to keep, just sign your name on the back...
Meeteetse Museums will be hosting its free annual tour to Legend Rock State Archaeological Site on Saturday, June 6, as well as a “pre-tour” presentation on June 5. The June 6 tour will be led this year by renowned archaeologist Dr. Larry Loendorf. Loendorf is an archaeologist whose research focuses on the Great Plains, the U. S. Southwest, ethnography, and rock art. The Saturday tour leaves the Meeteetse Museum at 9 a.m. sharp and begins on site (at Legend Rock State Archaeological Site) at 10 a.m. Car-pooling from the museum will be ava...
Kanyon Gerber, Hallie Martinez, Olivia Weyer and Camden Weyer round the corner during the Run with the Buffalo Saturday, sponsored by the Hot Springs County Recreation Department.... Full story
Hot Springs County 4-H held their annual presentation contest last Friday at the Hot Springs County Extension office. Ten youngsters participated in the event including three in the senior division, two in the intermediate division, four juniors and one Cloverbud. Daniel Leonhardt was awarded Grand Champion in the senior division with his presentation on wooden bows. Jeremy Gibbel won Reserve Champion for instructions on cast iron cleaning. Liz Rhodes took home a blue ribbon for her...
Final numbers have been released from Hot Springs County School District No. 1, showing a decrease in enrollment from the end of the year, 2014 to the end of the year, 2015. While overall the decrease is just five students, a few of the classes showed large losses. From the end of the year in 2014 to the end of this school year, the sixth grade class lost a total of 18 students. The senior class showed a loss of 10 students, and the fourth grade lost 11. There are some upswings, though, with...
Pheasants Forever will be having their annual banquet Saturday, May 30 starting at 5 p.m. in the Hot Springs County Fair Building. There will be a live auction, a silent auction, raffles, a special drawing and dinner. All proceeds from the event stay in Hot Springs County. Tickets for the event cost $75 for a couple, $45 for a single ticket, $10 for children age nine to 15 and children under the age of eight are free. Tickets are available at Canyon Sporting Goods, the Chamber of Commerce, Thermopolis Hardware or by calling 864-4215 or...
The inaugural meeting of a Big Horn River club will be taking place Wednesday, June 3 at 7 p.m. in the Big Horn Federal Bank meeting room. Anyone interested in anything related to the river, whether it be fishing or keeping the river clean, is invited to attend. Dick Staiger, who is helping organize the meeting, said there are two goals that the group will start by looking at. “The most significant one would be to provide a comfortable social environment for the sharing of information regarding the needs and uses of the river and the f...
Local runners will compete with Hot Spring County’s largest residents during the Running with the Buffalo event Saturday, May 30 beginning at 7:30 a.m. The race will start on the street outside the TePee Pool and runners will trek through the buffalo pasture and back towards the start. There will be both a 4K run/walk and an 8K run, making it possible for people of all ages to participate. Pre-registration for the event costs $15 dollars and comes with a t-shirt. People can also register for $10 if they do not want a t-shirt. For more i...
TAPS is played from John Hausauer's trumpet during the Memorial Day Service at Monument Hill Cemetery Monday. The holiday started as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868 in order to remember the fallen soldiers....
The eighth annual Hot Spot Livestock Show will be held Friday, June 5 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Youth are encouraged to bring their prospect beef, heifers, swine and lambs to the show, which begins at 1 p.m. Livestock weigh-in and entries for livestock exhibitors begin at 10 a.m. The Joey Mahoney Peewee Showmanship is free to all exhibitors 7 and under. There will be cash prizes for all peewee participants. Belt buckles and cash prizes for champion beef, lamb and hogs will be awarded. Cash prizes go to all class winners. The...
The Hot Springs County Conservation District gave fourth graders Eastern Redcedar trees as a way to promote conservation. Linda Barrett, Darcy Axtell, Dawn Peil and Jim Barrett gave the Ralph Witters Elementary students their trees. "Hopefully they'll get them planted with parents help," Linda Barrett said. The tree donation is usually part of a larger conservation education program, which includes out of the classroom education. "One of the things we do every year is we pick a field day for...
