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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...
Hot Springs County Democrats will be holding their convention this Saturday, April 23 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the County Annex building. All democrats are welcome to attend as they adopt the county Democratic platform and select delegates to attend the state convention. Any suggested changes to the party by laws will also be discussed. If you have any questions regarding the convention, please contact Levi Schinkle at 307-921-9817....
At the first April Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the Annex building, Brian Clarkson of T-O Engineers gave the GIS (Geographic Information System) report and said they have continued mapping the county road easements and right-of-way descriptions to link to historical documents. They previously met with Bo Bowman of the county’s planning department for a work session and they scanned documents from land-use change files. This includes continuing to incorporate land-use change r...
Last week, crews tore down the wooden park south of the LeRoy Hayes football field. School officials plan to utilize the area for bus parking but have made statements that the park was not in good condition and was no longer considered safe. The decision to tear the park down was not popular with some community members....
At the April 5 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, Mayor Mike Chimenti held a public hearing for the retail liquor license transfer from Elle’s Restaurant and Bar to 7 Lazy S Cafe and Bar, LLC. There were no public comments. The council then voted and approved the transfer of the liquor license. Town engineer Anthony Barnett said they had a prebid event for the silo painting project and that he recommended Carr Coatings, LLC. The council voted and approved the bid. Barnett also d...
Thermopolis high school FFA members who attended State Convention include, front row, l to r, Hallie Martinez, Teresa Steadman, Hanna Hill, Brooke Hubele, Taylor Agar, Tymber Eckley, Rylee Agar, Morgan Slover, Marriaha Haight, Patrick Chapel-Rawhouser, Tucker Lake and Kaitlin Barral; middle row, Tera Kraushaar, Maddi Andreen, Kaia Galovich, Jason Bowman, Lance Axtell, Jim Christensen, Hayden Overfield, Chase Herring, Kale Odell, Lexi Overfield, Amelia Roberts, Will Clark, Hadley Johnson, Jayda...
Property owner John Waid has been working on remodeling a series of apartments located at 327 Arapahoe. Waid started the renovation and remodeling in February and anticipates he will be done in about 30 days. The work includes new flooring, drywall, and ceilings. Also, he is cleaning up the sinks, stoves, and other items. Waid also said that rental properties are difficult to find in Thermopolis and that many people have been searching for somewhere to rent, some for months. Waid said three of...
Charlie and Kim Smith are expanding their 7 Lazy S Restaurant business to include a new bar and to add dinner to their menu. Kim said, "We're getting super excited. We're going to do a hard opening Monday, April 18, where we'll be open for dinners. The hours for dinner will be 4:30-9 p.m." 7 Lazy S Restaurant is located at 109 S 6th St. Kim estimates the bar will be open from 10 a.m.-10 p.m., but the exact times are still to be determined. Kim said about their dinner menu, "We will have some...
A $4.74 million pavement improvement project has started north of Shoshoni. The project includes asphalt pavement surfacing, fencing, asphalt pavement milling, chip sealing, and other work on 8.36 miles of US20/WY789 beginning between the town limits of Shoshoni and Birdseye Road. The project’s prime contractor is Mountain Construction Co., of Lovell. The contractor’s schedule calls for asphalt milling beginning this month, with paving beginning as early as the end of April. Chip sealing will be done after June 1. All work is dependent upo...
