Your source for news in Hot Springs County
Your source for news in Hot Springs County
Sorted by date Results 2197 - 2221 of 6343
At the February 16 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism meeting, Audra Dominguez gave the financial report. For the month of January, they collected $9,823.57 in lodging tax revenue, which is above the historical average of $8,895, a 17% increase. Dominguez said, “Tourism continues to rise even in our slower season.” The board voted and approved to accept the financial report. Tourism director Jackie Dorothy said, “Our Winter Campaign has attracted the attention of the Wyoming Office of Touri...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Bus driver arrested for DUI while driving kids CHEYENNE (WNE) — A bus driver for Laramie County School District 1 was arrested Wednesday evening – with high school kids aboard – for allegedly driving under the influence during a field trip, according to local and state officials. The incident took place on a highway in Goshen County as the driver transported East and South high schools’ students on a trip out of state, according to the authorities. After receiving a call that the bus driver wasn’t...
A picture of Thermopolis Middle School students participating in an air rifle unit caused online controversy after it recently went viral, prompting its removal from a Hot Springs County School District No. 1 social media page. The photo, shown on page 6, is of fifth and sixth grade TMS students working on their marksmanship with air rifles as part of the physical education program. The post accumulated more than 66,000 shares and 6,000 comments, including a mix of support and criticism of children being taught marksmanship skills in school....
At the February 1 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Brian Clarkson of T-O Engineers gave a GIS update while on speakerphone and said they are continuing to map easements and right-of-way descriptions to link to historical documents and with Road and Bridge. They also developed a plan of land classification features for the Hot Springs County Planning Department. A T-O Engineers representative met with Bo Bowman for a work session to start incorporating land classification records and...
by Carrie Haderlie Rawlins Times Via Wyoming News Exchange RAWLINS —As temperatures dropped below zero this week, people across Wyoming reported a steep increase in their natural gas bills, with charges $100 or more greater than in the same month of the previous year. “In my neighborhood, there are four or five people all wondering what is happening,” said Cheyenne resident Charlie Hardy, explaining that the charge for natural gas from Black Hills Corp. on his January 2021 statement was $283.71. That jumped to $399.35 for the same time perio...
Audra and Ro Dominguez have opened their neighborhood coffee house called Audra’s Copper Coo Coffee and Tea. Their unique name comes from the Highland Cows they own. In Scotland, cows are called “coos” and they have copper-colored shaggy hair covering their bodies. The Dominguez family owns six cows and two are expecting. They officially opened on January 31 and are located at 225 Clark St. They operate Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The idea of owning a coffee house has been a li...
Hot Springs Health Foundation has announced that it has received a grant of $3,000 from the Thermopolis Community Fund. The granted funds are being earmarked in support of the Foundation’s Joint Project with the Hot Springs Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, called “Baby’s First Pillow.” For many years, the Hospital Auxiliary has operated a project which provides a wonderful gift bag to new moms giving birth at Hot Springs Health in Thermopolis, Wyoming. The Joint Project adds a cozy baby pillow to the contents of the gift bag. The Foundat...
At the February Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce meeting, CEO Meri Ann Rush went over with the board a list of monthly events and said, “We have a lot on our plate.” There was a discussion about the timing of the October Chamber Banquet when compared to other months. Rush explained that even though October and the fall are hunting season, there is less competition with other events at other times in the year. Rush also said regarding the potential circus event this summer that the...
Members of the Thermopols Volunteer Fire Department, along with other emergency personel, responded to a structure fire approximately 11 north of Thermopolis on Saturday. All occupants were able to get out of the house safely. The cause of the fire is still under investigation for insurance purposes....
Hot Springs Health is now offering a summer internship for high school students. The internship is a paid temporary part-time position that lasts eight weeks from June 6 through July 29 for 20 hours per week. There are two spots available. The internship opportunity is being spearheaded by new Chief Clinical Officer Scott Alwin, who started his position on December 13. He worked prior in healthcare in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Alwin explained, “Part of our strategic plan on the area of growth is l...
The Tipi Retreat LLC, Michele and Michael Stevens, plaintiffs, through counsel Hathaway & Kunz LLP, filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment, Injunctive Relief, and Petition for Judicial Review against defendant, Hot Springs County Board of County Commissioners, a Wyoming governmental entity. The suit was filed with the Hot Springs County Fifth Judicial District Court on January 19. The Stevens’ are challenging the decision made by the county commissioners to not approve a request for a land use change from agricultural to commercial. The p...
The February 1 Thermopolis Town Council meeting was a very brief meeting. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett reported there has been progress on the transfer station permit application. One of the matters mentioned was the WYDOT turning lane. Barnett also said they are still working on the DEQ water project. Chief of Police Pat Cornwell reported that new officer Dood Jaussaud has passed his physical exam to enter Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy. Town Attorney Mike Messenger presented the late fee...
The 2022 Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department’s Fireman’s Ball will be Saturday, Feb. 12 at the VFW Club from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. The dance is free and open to the public. Rattlesnake Ridge of Worland will provide music. Donations packages were sent out to residents in the mail and will also be available at the door. Donations will go to help the department with the replacement, repair and purchase of new equipment. The department has 30 members that all volunteer their time, responding to hundreds of calls every year. The new equipment wil...
Main Street Thermopolis’ Great until 8! monthly shopping event takes place this Saturday, February 12. This second Saturday event showcases the businesses who are staying open until 8 p.m. or later in town. Since the first event in October, it has grown from 11 participanting businesses to 14. Shoppers have an opportunity to win a $100 gift certificate by entering a drawing. Shoppers can bring their receipts from the participating businesses, with the date and time of purchase on them, to Discover Thermopolis by 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 12. The $...
Owl Creek Graphics, located in downtown Thermopolis, has new owners. Will and Babie Robinson officially took over the business from Dan and Penny Herdt on January 28. The business is located at 527 Broadway Street. Will and Babie explained there are two focuses of their business. One is the retail side, where locals and tourists can purchase various clothes that have a variety of graphic designs or logos on them. There are t-shirts, a Carhartt section, Bobcat Pride clothing, University of...
A fundraising cookie jar auction for Jan Allen is being planned for Saturday, February 19. Allen is fighting stage 4 lung cancer. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. with an auction to follow. Dinner and cookie jar donations are welcome. For more information, contact Nancy at 921-9661....
The next meeting of the Hot Springs County Historical Society is Saturday, February 12 at 2 p.m. The featured program will be “A Bridger Mystery: The Elopement of Ferdig and Sickafoose” presented by Terril Mills. The program discusses a search for an eloping couple that had been abandoned, but the mystery grew deeper. Apparently, they disappeared as completely as though the ground had opened and swallowed them. Come hear Mills unravel the mysterious disappearance of Sylvester Ferdig and Annabelle Sickafoose and what became of them. There cou...
The Hot Springs County School Board on Jan. 20 considered the disposition of the district’s play park and the next steps toward its bus loop, as Superintendent Dustin Hunt acknowledged the significant amount of discussion among different entities within the community about “what might happen” with the play park, and with our bus loop “possibilities taking place.” Hunt summed up the efforts to relocate the play park to the Hot Springs State Park, then to the town of Thermopolis, by noting that engineers for the state, and represent...
At the January 25, Hot Springs Health board meeting for the growth report, CEO Margie Molitor announced that she is retiring on July 1 and they are beginning the process to find her replacement. Molitor has been working in health care for forty years with five and a half years in her position as CEO. Molitor added they are still looking for a new CFO and a CRNA. Molitor continued and said, “Our service inpatient scores continue to be awesome. We’re sitting at 95% of our patients this year are...
by Sofia Jeremias, WyoFile.com Following a process challenged by legal maneuverings and allegations of unconstitutionality, Gov. Mark Gordon appointed Brian Schroeder as the state’s superintendent of public instruction on Thursday. Schroeder will hold the office, recently vacated by Jillian Balow, until 2023, when voters will once again have the chance to elect someone to the position. All of the contention and rhetoric surrounding the replacement of Balow begs the question: Just how much political clout does Wyoming’s superintendent of pub...
Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department Chief, Mark Collins, has held his position for nearly thirty years and is one of the longest in Wyoming and Hot Springs County. Collins first started volunteering for the fire department in 1992. In 1993 Collins started out as a secretary, then took over as treasurer for about seven or eight months. Over the years of his service, Collins moved on to lieutenant, captain, assistant chief and then chief. Collins said that for each position, you are nominated by your peers and then they vote. Collins said,...
Residents should have received invitations and packs of tickets in the mail for the 2022 Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department’s Fireman’s Ball. The event will be Saturday, Feb. 12 at the VFW Club from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. This year Rattlesnake Ridge of Worland will provide music. The tickets are the key to an evening of dancing, spirits and gift certificates ranging from $50 to $300. Those who plan to attend the ball should fill out and return ticket stubs with their donation to the fire hall, in the envelope provided with the invitation. You...
Hot Springs State Park Supervisor Kevin Skates reported the 2021 visitation numbers for the park as 1,757,299 visitors. Skates also said those numbers were from their digital sensors, which they had some technical issues with, and that number could be close to 2 million visitors. Skates does acknowledge there are local people who enter the park but they are at a minimum when compared to tourists. For every car that passes over the sensors, they measure it at 2.2 people. Skates added that Hot Springs State Park is the most visited state park in...
At the January 19 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism meeting held via Zoom, Treasurer Audra Dominguez provided the financial report. The lodging tax revenue for December 2021 was $17,981.77, which marks the halfway point of the fiscal year. Their Year to Date revenue total is $142,239.07. This compares to the total of the previous year of $179,106.68. That’s about 79%. There are still six more months to go. The board’s budgeted expenses for the year total is $304,760. For the Cares Act spe...
by Mary Steurer Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —Average weekly applications to Wyoming’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program have more than doubled this fall and winter compared to the summer, according to data from the Department of Family Services. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), funded through the federal CARES Act, was created to help Americans struggling to pay rent and utilities because of the pandemic. In Wyoming, the Department of Family Services works with county organizations to get ERAP mon...
