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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...
by Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —The federal government will include one-third fewer Wyoming tracts than anticipated in the first oil and gas lease sale of the Biden presidency — about 28% of the 459 parcels analyzed across the state last fall. A total of 129 offerings “containing about 131,771 acres of public minerals” will be available for leasing in Wyoming on June 21 and 22, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said Monday. Roughly another 44 parcels will be up for sale in seven other Western states....
The Hot Springs County Senior Center director Trenda Moore reported they purchased the Shopko Building in an online auction held Thursday, April 14. Moore said, "It will be the center's new home." The purchase still has yet to close, however, it should in about 30 days. Moore added that they have high expectations with the purchase as they are nearing their 50th anniversary. They have a three to five-year plan before things come full circle. This plan was requested for one of their grants....
Kim Enis and Stefanie Ireland conducted the Installation of Officers’ Ceremony on April 5, 2022. Officers for the year of 2022-2023 are: President Stefanie Ireland; Vice President, Historian, and Co-Awards Jenifer Grimm; Secretary, Treasurer and Philanthropic Cindy Magelky; Ways and Means Carol Andreen; Co-Awards and Photographer Michelle Herring; Educational and Scrapbook Chair Kim Enis; Social Linda Ziegler; Jonquil/Chaplain Jody Mickelsen; Parliamentarian Ruth Galovich. President Ireland is utilizing hearts as part of her theme this year o...
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Wyoming Annual Convention will be held in Thermopolis on April 29-30. GFWC helps communities in areas such as health and wellness, child advocacy, arts and culture and the environment. Last year, GFWC volunteers spent 19,177 hours to complete 240 projects. They also generated enough funds to donate more than $70,000 to communities. There are no strings attached to attend the convention. For more information, including location and times, contact Nancy Kaufman at 307-630-3003 or Trish Peoples at 8...
Lovell man drives into Super 8 Motel sign after recent crash on highway POWELL (WNE) — After driving into the Super 8 Motel sign at roughly 30 mph, James Gallagher, 38, of Lovell was arrested on April 5 on charges of unlawful use of toxic substances and driving under the influence. Powell Police Department Sgts. Dustin DelBiaggio and Sean Alquist responded to the Super 8 Motel on East Coulter Avenue at 4:30 p.m. following reports of a vehicle collision. According to the affidavit, a trail of fluid was leading to Gallagher’s GMC Sierra from the...
Hot Springs Health staff members Connie Hart, Lindsay Simpson, Rebecca Cornell, Dawn DuBeau and Kathy Burleson completed the S.T.A.B.L.E. (Sugar/Safe-Temperature-Airway-Blood Pressure-Lab-Emotional Support) class which focuses exclusively on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick infants requiring a higher level of care. The program stresses improving and evaluating care to newborns. Hot Springs Health staff members Rebecca Cornell, Melissa Carner, Jessica Norris, Sarah Rodda, Dawn DuBeau,Connie Hart, Chris Bentley and...
Brent Bien is running for the office of Wyoming’s Governor and visited Hot Springs County at the Historical Museum on April 14. Bien is from Sheridan and his father was a Marine Corps officer. Bien went to the University of Wyoming attending their engineering college. He later was commissioned as a Marine Corps officer and spent considerable time doing that, but retired in 2019 as a colonel in the Marine Corps. While in the service, he was an aviator and went to the Naval War College and got his masters in National Security Strategic S...
by Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — When President Joe Biden announced a new federal rule banning the manufacture of unserialized, privately made firearms on Monday, Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, went to social media to defend his Second Amendment protection bill that was killed in the 2022 budget session. Senate File 87 would have prohibited the enforcement of unconstitutional federal actions infringing upon Second Amendment rights, denied immunities for law enforcement and provided cause for c...
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Telling the Full History Preservation Fund announced its award of $25,000 to Maker Space 307. The grant is one of 80 given to select organizations nationwide with projects that helped preserve, interpret, and activate historic places to tell the stories of underrepresented groups in our nation. A collaboration of Maker Space 307 and the Arapaho Ranch Field Station will record interviews from Northern Arapaho Tribal Members who worked at the Arapaho Ranch since its purchase by the Northern A...
