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At the January Hot Springs County Travel & Tourism board meeting, Jackie Dororthy gave the director’s report and commented on plans for marking that this year is the 100th anniversary of the Yellowstone Highway and the tunnels opening near the south entrance of the Wind River Canyon. Dorothy said “I have met with WYDOT and they are excited for the project. Shannon Watts is creating the map using Google Earth and the stickers will be an old school style. He will also create a brochure as a map...
On Sunday, January, 21 at 6:16 a.m., the Thermopolis Police Department discovered a traffic accident that occurred in Hot Springs State Park causing damage to the Big Springs canal. The vehicle was removed from the small canal and the 25-year-old driver from Lander was cited by Thermopolis PD and Hot Springs State Park Rangers. There may be further citations pending from HSSP Rangers. As a result of the accident, damage was done to the original stonework of the canal's wall and to the Wyoming...
The Hot Springs Speech and Debate team captured the 1A/2A Champion title at the Big Horn Speech and Debate Tournament held at Big Horn High School on January 26-27. The Bobcats brought 15 students to compete in the tournament that hosted 10 schools including large teams from South Dakota. Bobcats celebrated numerous individual tournament champions at the tournament. Seniors Ivey Goff and Brison Steere impressed with their first place title in Duo Interpretation, and Goff was also named tournament champion in Humorous Interpretation....
For several months now, Hot Springs County Emergency Management has scheduled outdoor alert siren tests. The next scheduled test will be this Saturday, February 3 at noon. For this test, the alert siren will sound the steady tone used for weather warnings. There is another tone, the hi-lo siren, that is for total failure of Boysen Dam. Remember, this Saturday’s siren will be a test. However, if you hear either of the alerts at other than test times, be prepared to follow emergency procedures. The Hot Springs County website gives detailed i...
Hot Springs County Assessor Daniel Webber announced that currently qualified Hot Springs County veterans or their surviving spouse should contact the Assessor’s Office by telephone to renew their Veteran’s Exemption for 2024 on their property taxes. If the applicant will be using the exemption for vehicle licensing, they will need to stop by the Assessor’s Office when they come in the courthouse to renew their registration. The exemption can only be used in one county in Wyoming for the tax year and if you are using it on your property taxes...
Public Health Response Coordinator Sady Mounts and Hot Springs County Emergency Management Coordinator Stephanie Conrad teamed up to give senior citizens of Hot Springs County Preparedness Buckets. The buckets came with a meaning of being ready and prepared if there is ever a need to evacuate and/or a need to leave their residence in an emergency....
Earlier this month, members of the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department sent out the information for their annual fund drive to residences in Hot Springs County. Donation tickets are included in the mailer. Each $2 donation puts you in a drawing for gift certificates ranging from $50-$300. Fill out and return the ticket stubs with your donation in the envelope provided. Return your tickets by Friday, Feb. 9. You can also drop off your envelopes in the red mailbox in front of the fire hall next to the flag pole at 400 S. 14th St. Funds raised...
The Meeteetse Friends of the NRA will be hosting an NRA Wall of Guns event on Saturdday, February 3, in partnership with Discover Meeteetse, and their 16th Annual Meeteetse Ice Fishing Derby on February 3-4. The Wall of Guns event will begin at 6 p.m. at the Elk Horn Bar & Grill. Funds from this event will be sent to the National Friends of the NRA and be distributed back to Park County. The Wall of Guns game consists of 100 numbers, each number will sell for $10. After all 100 numbers are sold, a winner will be drawn and have their choice...
At the January 16 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, they voted and passed the approval to sign a letter of support regarding the HSC Shooting Complex Committee Proposal Submission. Commissioner Paul Galovich explained that the committee is getting ready to issue a pre-RFP that is due by March 1. A final RFP will be due by April 1. This is how the state will process their decision making in choosing a location for the shooting complex. A task force of 11 members, which is comprised...
On January 16, the Thermopolis Town Council held a brief meeting at Town Hall. Town attorney Marshall Keller presented for its first reading an ordinance enacting parking restrictions on 5th Street between Broadway Street and Warren Street. The Farmers Market operates from June 1 to October 1 on Saturday mornings. The vendors cannot put up tables in the designated area if vehicles are parked there. According to the ordinance, parking on 5th Street during Farmer’s Market, it shall be and h...
At the January Land Use Planning Commission meeting, County Planner Les Culliton presented applications to the board from Jeffrey Powell for a Land Use Change and Minor Subdivision and from Daniel and Leila Porath for a Land Use Change, from Agricultural to Commercial for short-term rental of cabins. For Powell’s application, Culliton said he had originally requested a minor subdivision of 37.64 acres into five lots of various sizes. It is described as Northwest Quarter (N ½ NW ¼) lying Sou...
Stars & Pipes, LLC is hosting a Gun Show on January 26-27 from 3-7 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday at the HSC Fair Building at 627 Springview. They plan to make the show an annual event. Admittance is $2 per person. Event organizer Bradyn Harvey said, “We just wanted to bring back a gun show to Thermopolis. There hasn’t been one here in a while and we saw a need, so we wanted to fill it.” They had 35 tables available and they are all spoken for. The Stars & Pipes Gun Show will feature vendors from Cody, Cowley, Basin, Dougl...
The Thermopolis Jackalope Jump fundraiser will be held on Saturday, February 24 at the Hot Springs County High School with registration beginning at 10 a.m. and jumping starting at 11 a.m. Proceeds raised go to help provide year-round sports training and competition for athletes. Participants raise $100 and will take an invigorating dip into icy freezing water. Grab some friends, plan fun costumes if so inclined, get pumped and register today at www.sowy.org. All jumpers that raise a minimum of $100 per person will receive a Jackalope Jump...
The University of Wyoming Extension will offer six private pesticide applicator education programs at various locations in the Bighorn Basin from February 5 through March 20. Private applicator licenses are required for anyone who applies or supervises the application of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs). The program in Hot Springs County is set for March 20 from 1-5 p.m. at Hot Springs Weed and Pest, 711 Springview St. All participants are required to bring a government-issued ID, such as a driver’s license, to their session. Upon completion o...
Agency manager Shara Shalansky, right, Jason Owens and Shelly Burrows watch as Joseph Burrows put his name in the ticket box for the 50-50 fundraiser for the Children's Resource Center during the Business After Hours event held at Farmers Insurance's new location at 108 North 5th Street last Thursday. The agency is owned by Lisa Beamer....
The Wyoming State Ducks Unlimited Committee recently hosted it's 17th annual Wyoming DU winter volunteer celebration at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The multi-day celebration always occurs the last week of the waterfowl season for the Central Flyway and brings in DU volunteers from across Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska and Montana to celebrate Wyoming Ducks Unlimited and the events volunteers host supporting the Ducks Unlimited mission. Ducks Unlimited conserves,...
by Sarah Elmquist Squires, Lander Journal Via Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — Wyoming Rep. Sarah Penn is gearing up to introduce a bill aimed at increasing transparency in local government and a mandate that provides for public comment for school boards, counties, towns and cities in Wyoming. House Bill 49, the “By the People Act,” will be introduced to the Wyoming Legislature next month, and if passed, will mean citizens have greater access to the work of local governments and how their tax dollars are spent. “I’m passionate about people be...
The Hot Springs County High School speech and debate team earned second place in 1A/2A at the large Worlando Beach Speech and Debate Tournament held at Worland High School January 19-20. Coaches Lyle Wiley, Alyssa Brown, Grace Martin, Riley Jeffs and Charlie Patterson traveled with 15 Bobcats to compete with 23 teams and over 340 entries. Senior Chris Bapst again broke into the Super Congress and finished in eleventh place in an extremely competitive field. Fellow seniors, Ivey Goff and Brison Steere advanced to the final round of Duo...
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole Daily Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Changes to voter registration rules proposed by the Secretary of State’s Office don’t have the support of the Wyoming County Clerks’ Association. The association sent a memorandum to Secretary of State Chuck Gray, the Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council and Gov. Mark Gordon. Not only did the clerks say there is no indication that there has been a problem with out-of-state residents misrepresenting themselves as residents for the purpose of voting in Wyoming, but they...
Stars & Pipes, LLC is hosting a Gun Show on January 26-27 from 3-7 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday at the HSC Fair Building at 627 Springview. They plan to make the show an annual event. Admittance is $2 per person. Event organizer Bradyn Harvey said, “We just wanted to bring back a gun show to Thermopolis. There hasn’t been one here in a while and we saw a need, so we wanted to fill it.” They had 35 tables available and they are all spoken for. Harvey added, “The importa...
Mother and father, Cyndal and Cameron Burrows, welcomed their daughter Amelia Koda Burrows as the first baby born in 2024 at Hot Springs Health on January 9 at 4:27 p.m. Amelia was 19 inches long and weighed 6 pounds, 2 oz. Dr. Hallie Bischoff helped perform the delivery, her sixth first baby of the year in a row. Regarding the birth, Cyndal said, "Everybody said it would take a day. It did not take a day. We came in hoping to have her today because two years ago, today's the day he proposed to...
The Meeteetse Friends of the NRA will be hosting an NRA Wall of Guns event on February 3, in partnership with Discover Meeteetse, and their 16th Annual Meeteetse Ice Fishing Derby on February 3-4. The Wall of Guns event will begin at 6 p.m. at the Elk Horn Bar & Grill. Funds from this event, which averages $10,000, will be sent to the National Friends of the NRA and be distributed back to Park County. The Wall of Guns game consists of 100 numbers, each number will sell for $10. After all 100 numbers are sold, a winner will be drawn and have...
Members of the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department have sent out the information for their annual fund drive to residences in Hot Springs County. Donation tickets are included in the mailer. Each $2 donation puts you in a drawing for gift certificates ranging from $50-$300. Fill out and return the ticket stubs with your donation in the envelope provided. Return your tickets by Friday, Feb. 9. You can also drop off your envelopes in the red mailbox in front of the fire hall next to the flag pole at 400 S. 14th St. Funds raised go to...
Gottsche Therapy Rehab and Wellness’s Executive Director Cheryl Shero has announced they have two new permanent physical therapists at their Thermopolis location. They are Shannon Gaul and Stephen Martinez. Shero added, “I think the biggest, most exciting thing is we have been pretty fortunate in that we have been able to hire two new physical therapists withe certified backgrounds and experience in physical therapy that are now permanently located in Thermopolis.” Regarding Gaul, Shero said, “We’re really excited to have her. She moved her...
At the January Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce board meeting during the Director’s Report, CEO Meri Ann Dorman said regarding the task force for the potential shooting complex they want to emphasize training into the components of the proposal. Dorman will ask the Hot Springs County Commissioners for an official letter of support. Dorman added, “I believe we have a solid proposal,” and that Hot Springs County is “the best place in the state” for the shooting complex. In old business,...
