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Four candidates will face off in the 2022 Hot Springs County Commissioners race, including incumbents Jack Baird and Tom Ryan along with challengers Paul Galovich and Joe Martinez. All four candidates are running as Republicans and only two will move on from the Primary Election next week. Jack Baird Jack Baird is running for re-election for Hot Springs County Commissioner. Baird has served for the past four years in his first term. When discussing his accomplishments, Baird mentioned his work...
Incumbent John R. Winter (R) will face off against Kimberly Bartlett (D) in the race for the Wyoming State Representative District 28 seat. Both candidates are from Hot Springs County. District 28 covers areas in Hot Springs, Park, Big Horn and Fremont Counties. John R. Winter John R. Winter, a Republican, is running for re-election as the Wyoming State Representative, District 28. Winter has already served two terms in the 65th and 66th Legislative Sessions of the House of Representatives. Born and raised in Cody, Winter now resides on Kirby...
Thermopolis Mayor Mike Chimenti is running for reelection in the 2022 Primary Election in August. He will be facing off against Adam Ryan Estenson. Two candidates will move onto the General Election in November when the race will be decided. Mike Chimenti Chimenti is nearing the end of his first term of four years. Regarding some of the town’s accomplishments in that period of time, Chimenti said, “We’ve done a lot of building projects. We’ve rebuilt our purifiers and our broken beds and the...
Candidates for East Thermopolis and Kirby council persons and mayor are included in the 2022 Primary Election. In East Thermopolis, Jack Kuiper’s name appears on the ballot as the only candidate for Mayor. For council person of the town of East Thermopolis, three names are on the ballot and voters can vote for two of them. Dolores Bush, Debra K. Lackey and Julie Dodds Music are seeking to fill the two available four year terms. Jessica Slagle is running for Mayor of Kirby. Kimberly Graham and Nathaniel Rodriguez are running for two 4 year p...
At the end of July, the Farm Bureau Federation and the Hot Springs County Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce held the Meet the Candidates event at the Thermopolis Middle School. The gathering was very well attended by local residents and others who came to hear what the candidates had to say and their positions. United States Representative Starting the event were the candidates for the United States Representative. Republican Harriet Hageman and Democrat Steve Helling were present. The other candidates, Republicans Anthony Bouchard, Denton...
In addition to the races featured in this section, there are several other positions that the voters of Thermopolis will be deciding, including the men and women to serve in various precincts and those who will be in state offices. For Precinct Committeeman for 1-1, Paul Garbin, Bradyn Harvey, and Jerry D. Williams are running as Republican and John V. Fenton is running as Democrat. For Precinct 1-1 Committeewoman, Cynthia Garbin is running as Republican and Kimberly M. Bartlett as Democrat. For Precinct Committeeman for 1-2, John L. Anderson...
Terri Cornella is running for reelection as Clerk of the District Court. In August of 2004, she was appointed the Deputy District Court Clerk. Cornella was sworn in as the District Court Clerk in January of 2010 replacing Linda Harris. She believes that her past experience and years in office have proven invaluable in dealing with the challenges of the ever changing technical aspects and rules of the office. She says she “will continue to fairly and impartially administer Wyoming laws regarding her office, while conducting the daily business o...
On July 20, the Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission held a brief meeting at the Annex building, where they held two public hearings for proposed subdivisions. The first application was for the Dean Minor Subdivision and Land Use Change from Mark and Liz Dean for the approval of a preliminary plat to subdivide about 36 acres into two single-family residential lots of about seven acres and 28 acres, and a land use change from agricultural to residential. The property is located in...
The Hot Springs County School Board’s discussion of school safety on July 19 opened with Superintendent Dustin Hunt pointing out that the school district had planned to conduct a complete safety audit just as the COVID-19 pandemic hit. While the pandemic shut down any such audits, Hunt has since reached out to the state, and the Department of Homeland Security, to finally obtain a safety audit, reviewing the district’s facilities, practices and drills. Those agencies have referred the district to other personnel in turn, while Hunt has reached...
Saturday, August 6 at noon the Hot Springs County Outdoor Alert Sirens will be tested. This test will demonstrate the “Hi-Lo” tone. This particular signal will be used only for the very unlikely event of a Boysen Dam collapse. This test signal will go out for 3 minutes. If the siren were heard and was not a test, it would be accompanied by messages from your Hot Springs County CodeRED, messages on NOAA All-Hazard Radios, messages from the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) which would hit every device in the county, reg...
Main Street Thermopolis has a treat in store for the school kids. There will be an outdoor movie next Tuesday evening, August 9. All are invited to this free event. Come to the flat grassy area between Steve’s Plumbing and R.L. Hudson Land Surveyor (419 Broadway) around 8pm. Bring your camp chairs or a blanket and snacks. Contact mainstreetthermopolis@ gmail.com with any questions....
Elevation Women’s Health Care will send their mobile medical van to Thermopolis on Friday, August 12 from 1:30-4 p.m. to provide free pregnancy tests, ultrasound, and much more. Call 307-856-0999 for an appointment. Walk-ups are taken depending on the schedule. Registered Nurse Courtney Patterson described their history and services and said, “Abba’s House was our original name. We did some rebranding and we’re now Elevation Women’s Health Care. We started in 1993 here in Riverton, and our executive director, Leilani Schrock, started in 2013....
At the July Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism meeting, Chairman Carl Leyba and the board welcomed newly appointed members Dr. William Robinson and Ryan Shaffer. Robinson is the owner of Owl Creek Graphics, a retail store in downtown Thermopolis. Shaffer owns P6 Station, a pizza restaurant. Both of their businesses are related to the tourism industry and therefore they qualify to be board members. Robinson and Shaffer were not able to attend the meeting, however. These two new appointments make a full board. In new business, Thermopolis-Hot...
Hot Springs Health has reached an agreement with HealthTech and Billings Clinic in which the two organizations will provide joint management services for the Wyoming-based 15-bed Critical Access Hospital. The hospital already had a previous management agreement with HealthTech Management Services, a leading health care consulting and management group. Billings Clinic joining as a joint management partner makes Hot Springs Health the newest affiliate in the region’s largest independent health system. “We are thrilled to work with Billings Cli...
The Hot Springs County School Board unanimously approved the list of bus stops for the 2022-23 school year, which were largely unchanged from the previous year, but not without a debate on the relative safety afforded by the mandatory enforcement of the eight-way light system. Board Clerk Joe Martinez broached the subject when he noted a recommendation that the district discontinue the practice and use of the eight-way light system any time buses are receiving or discharging students. Martinez...
On July 19, the Hot Springs County School Board received updates on the Lucerne property from Business Manager Chauncy Johnson, who acknowledged the district has been discussing this issue for nearly a year. “We sent a letter, through certified mail, to the only heir we could find who would have first right of refusal for that piece of land, in the event the board would decide to sell it,” Johnson said. “We’ve not gotten anything back through the mail service that indicates that person has signed for that letter.” If the board does decide to se...
The 2022 Hot Springs County Fair, “Country Days, American Ways” will be kicking off this Saturday with the Peewee, 4-H and FFA Youth Horse Show at the fairgrounds beginning at 8 a.m. Starting next Monday, Aug. 1, youths will be showing dogs, cats, rabbits, poultry, goats, sheep, swine and beef throughout the week, as well as showing off their shooting sports talents and 4-H and FFA projects. Open class exhibits will also be displayed throughout the week in the Fair Building. Thermopolis FFA Alumni is sponsoring a Ranch Rodeo at the fai...
Derek Ransom is providing a free kids exercise program for youth ages 7 and up at High Country Behavioral Health at 121 S. 4th Street. Ransom said, "What I'm doing is an athletic-based youth training program. We do a lot of basic functional movements, and then we really try to target those that need this type of diversity in their life and need the benefits of physical activity. Ransom added, "There are a lot of youngsters out there that don't get the opportunity for, say, income, parents status...
At the July 19, Hot Springs County Commissioners Board meeting held at the Annex building, the commissioners appointed Ryan Shaffer, owner of P6 pizza restaurant, to the Travel and Tourism board. The commissioners held an introductory Zoom meeting with Lily Griego, the Health and Human Services Regional Eight Director based in Denver. Griego addressed issues such as mental health and the suicide rates in Wyoming with work to raise awareness and assist in prevention help. Griego also talked...
Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions will begin July 28 on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District’s Cody, Lander and Worland field offices in Big Horn, Carbon, Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Sweetwater and Washakie counties. “These fire restrictions are the result of current and projected weather conditions, amount of dry vegetation, and coordination with our fellow wildfire cooperators throughout the area,” said BLM Fire Management Officer Fred Tucke...
The Red Dirt Master Gardeners are encouraging local home gardeners to donate their extra fresh garden produce to help their neighbors in our community. Last year was the first year Thermopolis participated in the Grow A Little Extra program and it was a great success. Local gardeners were very generous and donated over 787 pounds of produce last summer. There also are beds in the Community Garden which are designated to grow to produce for the Grow A Little Extra program. Produce can be...
Two events are being planned for the first weekend in August, the Gift of the Waters Pageant and Wyoming Discovery Days. Gift of the Waters Pageant The Gift of the Waters Pageant is traditionally held the first weekend in August and is set for August 6 and 7. The Pageant tells the story of how the hot springs were transferred to the US Government by the Native Americans. Articles of agreement were signed at the Shoshone agency on April 21, 1896 for a 10-mile square of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The first signature was that of Chief...
On Saturday, August 6, at noon, Hot Springs County Emergency Management and Thermopolis Police Department 911 Center will have Outdoor Alert Siren tests. In the future, these tests will take place the first Saturday each month, at noon. The tone you will hear this Saturday is called the “Hi-Lo” tone. This alert tone is reserved only for the extremely unlikely event of a collapse of Boysen Dam. Outdoor Alert Sirens are just what their name implies. They are intended to alert people involved in outdoor activities to take shelter indoors and get...
The Wagonhound Annual Off-road Event will be on Friday, July 29 through July 31. Event representative Travis Winger said, “Wagonhound, in general, is a collaboration between Central Wyoming 4x4, which is a local nonprofit road organization here. I’m the vice president of that. We’ve got several members locally and we’ve worked with a local landowner, and we’ve worked with them for probably six to seven years now to try to get this park established.” The developed trails are on private land of about 2,000 acres. Winger added that the activit...
At the July 19 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Mayor Mike Chimenti was not present, therefore, council member Bill Malloy presided over the meeting and addressed some catering permits during citizen participation. All the permits were for Shorty’s for these events: Band in the Hot Springs State Park, July 24; Ranch Rodeo, August 3-11; Wyoming Discovery Days, August 6, 7; a Private Reception, September 3; and a Purse Action, October 22. The council voted and passed the approval of all the p...
