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John D. Shaw, Financial advisor with Legacy Financial Partners, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC in Worland, was recognized as one of “Barron’s Top 100 Private Wealth Management Teams” in the country by Barron’s Magazine, a publication covering business and finance. Barron’s recognizes the industry’s most outstanding financial advisors and their teams who represent the highest levels of ethical standards, professionalism, and success in the business. Legacy Financial Partners was chosen based on assets u...
Bill and Carole Smith of Wyo Quarter Horse Sales are holding their final sale on May 21 at the Fair Grounds. Depending upon the weather, a performance preview will be at 9 a.m. and the sale will occur at 1 p.m. The Smiths said that they had 59 sales events in 39 years. Their journey in this business started in 1983 when they moved from Cody to Hot Springs County. Bill said, “We’ve always had horses and we’ve always bred some horses and had some colts and things like that. And we were looki...
Terri Cornella has announced her intention to run for Clerk of the District Court in a letter to the Hot Springs County Republican Central Committee. Cornella has been in the “field” off and on for more than 30 years. Born and raised in Thermopolis, Cornella attended Casper College and in the late 70s, began working for the City of Casper Police Department in the records division. She then went on to the City of Casper Municipal Court. Cornella and her husband returned to Thermopolis, and in 1990 she was employed by Hot Springs County in the...
Daniel Webber has announced to the Hot Springs County Republican Central Committee that he has filed for election to the office of County Assessor. He has worked in the Assessor’s office since December of 2004, serving as Assessor since January 2018 when he was appointed to the position. He has been a permanently certified Property Tax Appraiser by the Wyoming Department of Revenue since 2006. According to Daniel, he feels that conducting day to day business with the taxpayers of Hot Springs County in a professional and courteous manner is t...
Deputies rescue drunk party goers CODY (WNE) —An evening gathering in Badger Basin resulted in a possible life-saving rescue by Park County deputies who’d spent almost five hours on the scene to ensure the many partygoers were OK. According to a sheriff’s office release, on the night of May 7, deputies became suspicious that a party involving alcohol was being held in the hills of Badger Basin off of WYO 294. When the deputies arrived, they noticed a large bonfire with numerous people standing around it. When everyone saw the patrol vehic...
The Class of 2022 scholarship and awards night last week honored Hot Springs County High School graduates. Hallie Martinez and Hardy Johnson were recognized as the outstanding senior girl and boy. Members of the National Honor Society were recognized including Caydence Becher, Michelle Burgess, Bronwyn Dobbins, Lee Grimm, Hallie Martinez, Eli McCumber, Wyatt McDermott, Jacob Randall, Madeline Wagler and Jean-Luc Willson Honor Students with a 3.5 GPA or above: Austin Barral, Caydence Becher,...
The Board of Directors for the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce were invited to have their May 10 board meeting at the SonRise Grass Creek Guest Ranch, located at 3809 Grass Creek Road. Chamber CEO Meri Ann Rush said, “The board of directors toured the operation of SonRise Grass Creek Guest Ranch, had a great meal provided, and had our monthly board meeting.” Meri Ann Rush also reported that due to only four essays being received for the National Civic Bee, the US Chamber Foundation canceled the event. Rush said they will invite the...
Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) now has its own FFA chapter for seventh and eighth graders called Big Springs. TMS FFA advisor Becky Martinez said, "We got chartered this year, so we are now our own chapter, separate from the high school. We've had students in FFA for four years, but we were a combined chapter with middle school and high school. Now we're big enough to stand on our own." Martinez said they have approximately 56 students in total participating. There are two classes that are...
At the May 5 Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission held at the Annex building, the commission continued their discussion of the Red Rim Ranch Subdivision application. The application was previously discussed at the April 20 meeting where public comments were given. At this meeting, there were no formal public comments. However, the planning commission did ask questions of both the applicant Brian Hayek and residents of the Red Rim area, particularly those who live on Lane 14. The plann...
At the May 3 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at the Town Hall, Jackie Dorothy from Travel and Tourism presented to the council their joint project of installing a digital sign at the fairgrounds. Dorothy reported that the Tourism Board, the Fair Board, and the Rec Board have raised $70,000 for the $120,000 needed. They still need $50,000. Dorothy asked the council if they could find $5,000 to $10,000 in their next budget to contribute. Mayor Mike Chimenti asked Dorothy for a formal letter...
On the night of May 6, one or more people entered the bentonite mine off of Missouri Flat Road and began tampering with equipment. The suspects ultimately tipped over a portable pumping unit into a pond causing an estimated $30,000 worth of damage. Evidence was collected and sent to the State Crime Lab. The Sheriff's Office is looking for any leads or information that may help find those involved. A reward for information leading to prosecution is available. Call Hot Springs County Sheriffs...
At the May 3 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the Annex building, Brian Clarkson from T-O Engineers provided an update on the GIS report via speakerphone. Clarkson said they are continuing the mapping of the county road easements and right-of-way descriptions to link to historical documents. They are also performing updates and expansions on the Road and Bridge Online Applications for their maintenance. Regarding anticipated work, Clarkson said they will incorporate land-use...
The 2022 Gymkhana Series kicks off Saturday, May 14 at Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Competitors can enter beginning at 9 a.m. Events include barrels, poles, goat tying, flag race and a fun event. Age groups are 5 and under (lead), 6 and under (not lead), 7-9, 10-13 and 14-18. Year end awards will be given in all age groups. Must participate in three rodeos to be eligible for year end awards and three events to be eligible for all-around awards. For more information, contact Amber at 307-431-1165....
The Hot Springs County Historical Society will hold a program by Laura Vietti called “Tropical Tapirs in Wyoming: The Origins, Evolutions, and Preservation of Wyoming’s Most Recent Fossil Tapir Discovery” following their May meeting on Saturday , May 14 at 2 p.m. at the Historical Museum. In the summer of 2016, a large mammal was recovered from Wyoming state lands in the approximately 53 million-year-old Fossil Lake strata near Kemmerer, Wyoming. The fossil is currently on display at the Wyoming State Museum. Initial investigations sugge...
The Hot Springs County High School Graduation Ceremony will be Sunday, May 15 beginning at 2 p.m. in the HSCHS gymnasium. The ceremony for the class of 2022 will include 45 seniors who will be receiving their high school diplomas. Jacob Randall is the class valedictorian and Jean-Luc Willson is class salutatorian. Seniors Randall and Lee Grimm will also be graduating with an associates degree from Central Wyoming College because they were able to earn the required credits while attending high school. A story on their accomplishment will run in...
The Town of Thermopolis will be holding its annual Spring Clean-Up on May 16-21. All residents and business owners are encouraged to clean their property in preparation for the upcoming summer season. According to the Town’s Director of Public Works Ernie Slagle and Assistant to Mayor Fred Crosby, four 20 feet dumpsters will be located at these addresses for residents: 14th Street next to the tennis courts, 9th Street and Big Horn, 8th Street and Amoretti, and the 200 block of 2nd Street. There will also be a Free Dump Day at the town landfill...
Main Street Thermopolis’ Great until 8! monthly shopping event takes place this Saturday, May 14. This second Saturday event showcases the businesses who are staying open until 8 p.m. or later in town. Since the first one last October, Main Street has grown this event from 11 participants to 16. Shoppers can win a $100 gift certificate by entering a drawing. Bring your receipts from the participating businesses, with the date and time of purchase on them, to Discover Thermopolis by 8:15 p.m. The $100 gift certificate will be valid at the b...
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is targeting high blood pressure with a new, free program that includes blood pressure self-monitoring, education and other support. Known as the Healthy Heart Ambassador Program, the effort will be available at no cost to Wyoming adults diagnosed with high blood pressure. “High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is one of the major risk factors for developing heart disease,” said Amber Nolte, Chronic Disease Prevention Program manager with WDH. “Hypertension is often referred to as a ‘sile...
The 2021-2022 Thermoplis High School 84th annual FFA Banquet opened with advisor Britton Van Heule introducing the officers who are reporter Tucker Lake, sentinel Hanna Hill, secretary Lexi Overfield, second vice president Morgan Slover, vice president Cadence Steadman and president Hallie Martinez. Following dinner at the banquet, numerous awards were presented to FFA members and community members were honored for their support of the chapter. A.M. Hartwig was the very first Ag teacher at Hot...
The Hot Springs County School Board on April 21 authorized the district to go out for bid to remodel the Thermopolis Middle School locker rooms, and install a new vocational-agricultural bathroom. Superintendent Dustin Hunt touted these proposed improvements as addressing both plumbing and privacy issues in need of updating in the middle school and the vo-ag building, before school district business manager Chauncy Johnson went into further detail on the two projects proposed for bid. At Thermopolis Middle School, Johnson explained the one...
At the April 19 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at the Town Hall, representatives from the Farmer’s Market requested street closure and access to the Town Hall bathrooms per their usual operation. The market will begin on June 11 and end on October 1 and will be on 5th Street next to the Bicentennial Park. Set up will be at 7:30 a.m. and pack up will be done by 12:30 p.m. It will be open to the public from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. The council voted and passed the approval of the requests. T...
At the April 20 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism meeting held at the Quality Inn, treasurer Audra Dominguez gave the financial report and said that March’s lodging tax revenue was $9,569.22, which was a 25% increase over the previous year. It was the highest-earning March, with the exception of 2014/15. In 2014/15, the lodging tax was $11,312.51 but that was due to the workers helping clean the flood of the Wind River Canyon. She said this year’s lodging tax revenue comes strictly from tou...
Small nonfarm businesses in 18 Wyoming counties and neighboring counties in Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Utah are now eligible to apply for low‑interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began Jan. 1, 2022. Primary Wyoming counties: Albany, Big Horn, Carbon, Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Natrona, Park, Sub...
At the April 21 Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce meeting held at Big Horn Federal, president Howie Samelson gave the annual report and described their chamber’s mission. Samelson said the chamber, “is organized for the purpose of acting as the community resource source, promoting economic growth and tourism as a community resource.” They also reviewed the statistics of their growth and showed a 30% increase in memberships since 2013. The chamber members then voted for the 2021 best...
Help send Porshia Birdsley to the Strongman National Competition by participating in a bake sale, bingo and more Saturday, May 7 at 2 p.m. at the Thermopolis VFW. Proceeds will help send Birdsley to New Hampshire for the competition on June 25. Bingo will be $2 per card, three cards for $5 and kids are welcome to play. There will be yummy cakes and cupcakes as prizes....
