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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....
The Hot Springs County Republican Party will hold the Reagan Day Dinner, Friday, June 3 at theHot Springs County Fair Building. The cost is $45 if you RSVP by May 15 or $50 after May 15 as seating is limited. Social hour will be at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is at 6 p.m. There will also be silent and live auctions. Candidates will be present. For more information email hscrpchairman@charter.net....
Hot Springs Freedom Riders Christian Motorcycle Association is holding their annual Run for the Son event Saturday, May 7 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in Hot Springs State Park. Food, music and praise and worship will be available. Donations will be accepted. Bring your bike to get it blessed for 2022....
Trent Tweddle has opened the Mining-Kart LLC at 316 Broadway St. #4. The retail business opened on Monday, May 2. Tweddle is selling a variety of liquidated items from other stores. They are manufactured discontinued items, shelf pulls that haven't been sold for some reason, or salvaged items. Tweddle said about the salvaged items, "I have stuff that is brand new, but the boxes are pretty torn up." For example, he has two refrigerators where everything is still packaged, but the bottom of the...
by Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —Teton was ranked the healthiest county and Fremont the least healthy county in Wyoming, based on data in the newest report from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The rankings look at two main components: health factors and health outcomes. Health factors — like education, air and water quality, access to care and tobacco use — are things that can be changed to improve health. Health outcomes — the length and quality of life — represent the healt...
A $1.76 million Northwest Wyoming bridge rehabilitation project is scheduled to begin on US26/287 east of Dubois in May. The first of six bridges to undergo rehabilitation will be the US26/287 highway bridge (FJC) about 15 miles east of Dubois. Improvements at the milepost 69.42 bridge are slated to begin about May 15. Other regional bridges slated for repairs and improvements this summer and fall include the bridge (CTR) at the intersection of Bent Street (WY295) and US14A in Powell at milepost 12.55; the US14A bridge (CAH) 1 mile west of...
At the April Hot Springs Health board meeting, Chief Clinical Officer Scott Alwin gave the quality report and said they have received three applications for the hospital’s summer internship program. Currently, there are two open spots. However, there was a discussion about opening a third spot depending upon if all three students meet the criteria for the positions. The applications will be reviewed and interviews will be held in May. Alwin also reported that they are modifying processes r...
Recently, the Hot Springs County assessor’s office mailed out estimated tax assessments for 2022 to property owners, with many seeing a noticeable increase. There has been discussion and questions throughout the community as to the cause of the increase. Hot Springs County assessor Dan Webber provided some answers and insights into the matter and said, “The process really starts out with me setting a fair value on every property in the county. The term fair value is different for different cla...
At the April 20 Land Use Planning Commission meeting held at the Annex building, Hot Springs County Planner Bo Bowman presented two applicants for their requests for land-use changes for their properties. The first on the agenda was SonRise Operations LLC represented by Douglas Lindenmood, who requested a land-use change from agricultural to commercial for approximately 3.87 acres, to allow a meat processing facility. There were three conditions for his approval. One is that the commercial use...
The Hot Springs County School Board unanimously accepted a preliminary budget on April 21 as required by state statute, with school district business manager Chauncy Johnson pointing out, “It’s not something you have to approve, but you do need to accept a preliminary budget for the district.” Johnson bookended his summary of the preliminary budget with cautions that “these numbers are very preliminary,” as he outlined the district’s revenue projection of $11,166,515 for the 2022-23 school year, and proposed that the board accept that amount...
The newly renovated Family Dollar/Dollar Tree is set to open this week on Thursday, April 28....
HSCSD#1 Stakeholders, including students, parents, staff, community members, homeschool and private school parents, are invited to the 2022-23 Consolidated Grant Planning Meeting on Monday, May 2 from noon-1 p.m. The meeting will be held in the HSCSD#1 board room in the administration building. A light lunch will be served. Plan to attend to provide input for how the district will use the federal funds of the Consolidated Grant. For more information, please contact Nichole Ciz at 864-6515....
Mark your calendars, the circus is coming to Thermopolis. The Culpepper and Merriweather Circus will be in town on Saturday, July 2 under the big top, rain or shine. The show is 90 minutes of fast-paced fun. You’ll see big cats, aerialists, horses, Leo the clown, cockatoos, daredevils and more. More information will be provided as the performance date gets closer....
The Wyoming Symphonic Films by Dall Wilson wraps for the season with a four-part episode arcing across the state from Sundance to Ten Sleep and back by Thermopolis. “Gillette is the brief beginning. Next is Buffalo and its intriguing museum. Bighorns and Ten Sleep will be followed by Thermopolis and the Wind River Canyon arcing back to Sundance. So a big sustained work, and a pleasure to embrace these places. Each section will be released as its musical score is completed,” Wilson said. For Dall Wilson, creating the Symphonic Film series is...
Hot Springs County Democrats held their county convention last Saturday. They spent the day building their platform for the next two years, outlining what Hot Spring County Democrats support, including Medicaid Expansion and strengthening access to our public lands. They also elected delegates and alternates to attend the state Democratic Convention in June. Delegates to the state convention will work with delegates from across Wyoming to craft the platform for the state party and amend the state bylaws....
A Lawn and Garden Expo and Poultry Processing Workshop will be held Tuesday, May 3 from 5:30-8:45 p.m. at the armory building, located on the north edge of town. Donna Hoffman will be on hand to discuss gardening, Hudson Hill will demonstrate poultry processing and Jay Richards will speak about growing giant pumpkins. The event is hosted by University of Wyoming Extension and is free to attend. For more information, call the extension office at 864-3421....
There will be a Thermopolis Community Blood Drive at the Senior Citizens Center on Monday, May 9 from 2-6 p.m. Call Melene Mierzejewski to make an appointment at (307) 240-1414 or online donors.vitalant.org. Walk-ins are welcome. You have the power to save up to 3 lives with one donation. Vitalant is the sole provider of blood to 30 hospitals in Southern Montana and most of Wyoming....
Last Saturday’s rock slide that closed US20/WY789 for 4 hours in Wind River Canyon is forcing early mobilization for prime contractor Oftedal Construction, Inc., of Casper and its rock slide mitigation subcontractor for the second year of work on a slide stabilization project. The $8.78 million slide stabilization project includes slide repair, grading, slide stabilization rock (SSR), manual rock scaling, rock fall mitigation and other work on US20/WY789 beginning at milepost 115.9 through 123.12 inside the canyon between Shoshoni and T...
At the April 19 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the Annex, Elyse Dufour presented herself on the phone to the commissioners as they addressed an update to her application for a land-use change for her property. On November 16, the commissioners held a public hearing on the change. At that time, the commissioners put a requirement forth for Dufour that involved her getting a permit from DEQ for the septic system, which she has obtained. Dufour also agreed to cap the RV...
