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At the June 9 Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce board meeting held at Big Horn Federal, four 6th-graders presented their essays for the Civic Bee contest. The writers were: Baer McPhie, Brian Weaver, Ammon Wille, and Ruth Needham. Each of the four essay writers was awarded $100 in Chamber Bucks. The topics covered subjects such as business in Thermopolis, the economics of the administration and the nation, the value of parks, and inflation. Past president Sam Needham presided over the board meeting as Howie Samelson was not present....
Cowboys and Cowgirls will compete in the action packed Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo at Hot Springs County Fairgrounds June 24-25. Rodeo events start at 7 p.m. each night with vendor alley opening at 5 p.m. Friday is Tough Enough to Wear Pink night and Saturday is Patriotic Night. The slack performance will be held on Friday, June 24 at 9 a.m. There will be a parade through town on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. They will start at Pizza Hut and turn right at the stoplight. Rodeo events include bull riding, bareback riding, saddle bron...
Tawnya Rush, graduate of Hot Springs County High School, now works in Billings, MT at KTVQ. Rush, Executive Producer of News, recently took home an Emmy Award for the station’s 5:30 newscast “Wild Wind on Turkey Tuesday.” This competition includes stations from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington State. Rush said, “Winning an Emmy is one of the best feelings of accomplishment in the tv business knowing the hard work that goes on behind the scenes to get a newscast on the air.” Rush was the winner of her first Emmy Award as Producer/...
Join the Hot Springs County Museum for a rousing investigation into a controversial chapter of Wyoming history with Kylie Louise McCormick on Saturday, June 18 at 2 p.m. In “The Tea Party Controversy” audiences will join the investigation into why women’s right to vote was recognized in 1869 in Wyoming. The origin of Wyoming’s woman suffrage has long been shrouded in debate: should Esthar Hobart Morris be given the title of “mother of woman suffrage” or is she someone who has received “more credit than she deserves?” This presentation wi...
The local organization of Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) will hold its Field Day on Saturday, June 25 from 12 noon until 10 p.m. and Sunday, June 26 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the Hot Springs State Park Kiwanis Shelter. Members of ARES are volunteers who seek to gain new members and interest in HAM radio operations. The event is held by ARES leadership, which includes Zieb Stetler and Casey Freund. Stetler is the District 6 Emergency Coordinator. Freund is one of the Sheriff’s O...
Hot Springs Health is holding the Thermopolis Bystander CPR Course on June 18 at the hospital with multiple time slots available. The course will be presented by Dr. Megan Olson and was inspired by Emma Dorman’s story and developed to promote CPR in our community. Dr. Olson said, “The goal of this course is to just teach compressions only CPR. We don’t teach the breathing portion. It’s just compressions. You won’t get an American Heart Association certification, but the compressions-only piece has been shown to be effective at sending o...
Barrie Lynn Bryant, a 27 year resident of Kirby, has been awarded a $24,473 grant by the Wyoming Arts Council for photography. Bryant will produce a documentary photography field work and teaching project that aims to assess, reveal, and offer solutions to pressing needs within Bighorn Basin communities. Along with completing his own photographs, Bryant will also teach four separate documentary photography courses at the libraries in Worland, Thermopolis, and Greybull and in the Meeteetse...
At the May Hot Springs County School District Board meeting, Mathew Johnson presented the proposed 2022-23 budget for the Central Wyoming College Board of Cooperative Higher Educational Services (CWC-BOCHES), approved on first reading by the CWC-BOCHES board of trustees during their April 25 meeting. Because CWC-BOCHES is a partnership between Central Wyoming College and the Hot Springs and Fremont county school districts, the Hot Springs County School District board of trustees was requested to review and approve this budget, and communicate... Full story
The 2022 election filing period is closed and there will be some strongly contested battles on the state and local level. According to the Wyoming Secretary of State 2022 Primary Election Candidate Roster, the following Republican (R) and Democrat (D) candidates have filed for office. Locally, John R. Winter (R), Thermopolis, will be seeking re-election as State Representative for District 28, which includes Hot Springs County and areas of Park, Fremont and Big Horn counties. He will be challenged by Kimberly M. Bartlett (D), also from...
Hot Springs State Park Superintendent Kevin Skates wants to remind tourists and local residents that dogs must have a leash while in the State Park. Skates said, “We have a leash law in the park, and there is a fine associated with dogs off their leash. As a staff, we don’t have time to go around and tell everybody that you’ve got to have your dog on the leash. So we hope people would at least obey that rule. Not all people that are in the park, whether they’re walking or riding their bike or whatever, not all people like animals or some pe...
by Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Biden administration will redo the environmental review of more than 2,000 Wyoming oil and gas leases sold between 2015 and 2020 — including virtually all of the leases issued under former president Donald Trump — in accordance with a trio of settlement agreements approved Wednesday by a federal judge. None of the leases have been vacated, but their future is uncertain. The Department of the Interior now has to reevaluate and retroactively justify more than two dozen...
At the May 25 Hot Springs County Travel & Tourism public board meeting and yearly budget work session tourism director Jackie Dorothy reported that they continue to see growth in lodging with another record-breaking month from March revenues. This lodging tax revenue is from hotels, R.V. parks, and vacation rentals and brought in over $15,000, the highest amount received in the past eleven years for the early spring. Treasurer Audra Dominguez announced in her financial report, “We have surpassed our projected revenue for this fiscal year. We ha...
The Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office has responded to a report of an animal abuse case on a property in Owl Creek. Following the investigation, three horses, one goat, two ducks, two pigeons, and one goose were seized. The Sheriff’s Office charged 79-year-old Carolyn Tribbett with eight counts of alleged cruelty to animals. Upon arrival at the property, deputies met with Tribbett and presented a search warrant. Along with law enforcement, a veterinarian was present. The deputies advised Tribbett of her Miranda rights and she said she und...
The Farmer’s Market in Thermopolis will begin this Saturday, June 11 and end on October 1 every Saturday. For those interested in selling, you register at the market for $5 for individual weekends or $25 for the entire season. Set up is around 7:30 a.m. with the regular times from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. The location of the Farmers’ Market is on 5th Street next to Bicentennial Park. Farmers’ Market representative Becky Hutson said they are looking for a young person who might be interested in getting paid to help set it up and tear down the t... Full story
A free Bystander CPR Course is being offered Saturday, June 18 at Hot Springs Health. The course will cover identifying if someone needs CPR, learning how to perform hands only CPR, become familiar with the Good Samaritan law that protects those who attempt CPR and gain confidence needed to act in an emergency. For more information or to sign up, contact Miranda Nelson at 864-5046....
Wind River Flywheelers are hosting the 26th Annual Don Layton Memorial Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Show June 11-12 at East Park in Shoshoni, WY. There will be fun for all ages including a pedal tractor, food and craft vendors, live music, tractor pull and more. Activities start at 10 a.m. each day....
Buddy Rangel recently started Homestead Realty located at 443 Big Horn Street. Rangel has been in the real estate business since 2014. Rangel said about his service, "I want buyers and sellers to know that they can expect more from us. I'm not going to say one bad thing about the other real estate companies because I've worked with them and they all seem to be pretty good. But I just want people to know that, you know, that they're going to get honesty from me. They're going to get loyalty....
Youth through age 8th grade will be competing in the Wyoming Junior Rodeo Association rodeo June 11-12 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Action starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. on Sunday. Events include steer riding, calf tying, breakaway roping, team roping, goat tying, poles and barrels. Admission is free for spectators. There will be food and other vendors on hand. Greimsman’s Team Roping will be held after the rodeo on Saturday evening around 5 p.m. For more information, contact Daniel Webber at (307) 899-22...
The Thermopolis Hot Spot Car Rally will be held in the Hot Springs State Park Washakie Shelter on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Early-bird registration begins at 8 a.m. The Driver’s Choice and People’s Choice Awards are at 4 p.m. Stephanie and Jason Owens are now organizing the Hot Spot Car Rally. Stephanie said, “This year it’s a little different. We’re doing just one day instead of two and we moved it to Saturday rather than Sunday. So that dads can go have an actual Fathers’ Day with their kids. It’s been suggested ove...
At the end of the school year, Hot Springs County High School held an academic celebration for freshman, sophomores and juniors. Recognized for ACT growth were Sadie Burr, Isabella Gerber, David Miller, Aidan Nicodemus, Lexi Overfield, Jay Strumfa, Alyssa Andreen, Brooklyn Brown, Xamyka Getzfried, Ruthanne Johnson, Trinity Mohr, Gavin Shumway, Morgan Slover, Tori Barnes, Sydney Jacobsen, Tanner Jensen, Hadley Johnson, Karina Lea, Chloe Moscorro, Carson Williams, Jayci Basse, Brooklyn May, Owen McCumber, Rhiannon Muller, Brandon Rice, Seth Weyer...
Wyoming Historian Kylie McCormick will be doing a presentation on the Wyoming state flag and the women who made it fly on Monday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Library. McCormick is from Casper. She uses her research to educate and give presentations on Wyoming history. She is a recipient of the 2021 Homsher Research Grant from the Wyoming State Historical Society for her work on Wyoming women’s suffrage....
Megan Degenfelder, a Republican, is running for Wyoming’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She announced her candidacy on April 7 in Casper at the Boys and Girls Club. She and her husband Bryan reside in Laramie. She was in Thermopolis last week to attend the Reagan Day Dinner. Regarding her vision to improve schools in Wyoming, Degenfelder said, “As a 6th generation Wyomingite and product of our state’s K-12 public schools and the University of Wyoming, I am very passionate about...
People for People Backpack Program will be providing weekend bags of food throughout the summer. Curbside pickup will be available between 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. every week on Thursdays through August 25. The location will be 642 Arapahoe Street at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Volunteers will need to meet at 9:45 am to prepare. The Backpack Program will provide shelf-stable food. If there are any questions please contacted Judy Carswell at 307-921-8264....
The May 19 meeting of the Hot Springs County School Board saw some overdue recognition of student success finally addressed, before the board moved up laying some groundwork for the next school year. The board of trustees took time to celebrate a significant event from nearly two months prior, as Hot Springs County High School Principal Breez Daniels introduced her school’s chapter of the Future Farmers of America, so they could receive congratulations for their performance as part of the 92nd Montana FFA State Convention, at Bozeman from M...
Hot Springs Health employees Paula Witt, Jennifer Ogle, Shelby Soderstrom and Michelle Westman recently completed an Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course. The program is supported by the Emergency Nurses Association. The purpose of the program is to accurate assess a child with acute illness or injury. Wyatt Radford Wright graduated from Montana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with honors. Jesse Scyphers was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll at Eastern Wyoming College for the spring semester....
