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by Stephen Dow The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN —With a 9-2 vote Tuesday, the Wyoming Legislature’s Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee opted to forward a bill that would raise the state’s fuel tax for the first time in a decade. The bill suggests a 15-cent fuel tax increase from 24 cents to 39 cents by July 1, 2024. The fuel tax would be increased by 5 cents per year for three consecutive years. All funds raised through the increase would go to the Wyoming Department of Transportation, parti...
At the December 7 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, during citizen participation, CPA Michael Wright presented the Town Audit to the council. Wright said the results were almost the same as last year. Wright also informed the council that he is retiring at the end of the year and that his firm will no longer be performing audits. Wright said he had some other entities he could refer to or recommend but also advised that the costs for auditing will increase. The council voted and passed approval to accept the audit. Luke Anderson of Hub...
Coach Brandon Deromedi finished his 3rd year coaching the Bobcat golf teams with four Championships in a row under his belt. Coach Deromedi lead the boys team to four Championships using hard work, data analysis, team competitions, and laughter. He believes in simplicity and data analysis of strategies for his Bobcats. He used data analysis to track rounds and used the data to find areas of improvement. Data kept consisted of putts, scoring averages on par 3/4/5’s, greens in regulation, fairways...
At her retirement party last Thursday, Vicki Nichols gets a hug from Jayci Mead to thank her for her years of service to Hot Springs County as secretary at the HSC Extension Office....
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church members will be preparing Christmas Meals this year. They will not have eat-in meals at the church. They will be preparing the food, packaging, and delivering the meals to their People for People family and anyone that needs a meal. Sign-up sheets are located at the Help Center and Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce. Sign-up deadline is Dec. 23. Volunteers are needed to prepare and deliver the meals. Dishes need to be made at home as they will not have enough room in the kitchen to be able to cook everything at the...
Hot Springs Health CEO Margie Molitor was named Wyoming's 2021 Community Star for National Rural Health Day by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH). On the third Thursday of November every year, NOSORH, the member association for each of the 50 State Offices of Rural Health, leads National Rural Health Day (NRHD). NRHD is an annual day of celebration that shines a light on those who serve the vital health needs of the estimated 57 million people living in rural...
At the December 9 Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce meeting, CEO Meri Ann Rush had the board go through a SWOT analysis. A SWOT is an examination of an entity’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. There was much back-and-forth discussion. There was also a discussion about the chamber’s online presence. Under old business, Rush reported about the Chamber’s Lunch and Learn on November 17, where they discussed estate planning. There were close to 20 guests. Rush said the n...
Will Sereika and Joe Moon were part of a group that cleaned up TV Draw off of East River Road. The group hauled pickup loads of trash and debris to the dump. Wyoming State Littering Statute says a person is guilty of littering if he places, throws, scatters or deposits garbage, debris, refuse or waste material, objects or substances, including abandoned or junked vehicles, upon the property of another. Littering is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a...
T-O Engineers, represented by Dusty Spomer and Jared Wingo, held a public meeting at the County Annex Building on December 7 to give a presentation on the Hot Springs County Airport Master Plan progress. The presentation is the fourth meeting regarding this master plan and they are seeking public comments and feedback on their work. The deadline for the comments is January 6, 2022. Jared Wingo, the lead planner, started the presentation and gave some background to the project, which started in...
Thermopolis Sorting Series had another good turnout last Saturday. Results include: Open Class: 1st place, Dawn Peil and Mike Bradley, 2nd place Scott Ratliff and Mike Bradley Beginner Class: Lynn Guccion won the halter Youth 9 & Under: 1st place Ryker Edgington, 2nd place Raven Vukich Youth 10-14: 1st place Lilly Corlett, 2nd place Jay Ritchey #4 Class: 1st place Laurie Gardner and Katrena Crimm, 2nd place Justin and Katrena Crimm, 3rd place Kay Reese and Vivian Butchart Poker Sort: 1st place Brad Peil and Kathy Sorensen, 2nd place Bill...
At the November 30, Hot Springs Health board meeting, Chairman Dr. Bill Williams started the meeting and said, “I call it to order with some sadness… Dan Herdt passed away a week ago today, and I can’t tell you not only the sadness for his family, but the loss of a valuable board member to this group. He always had a perspective that we appreciated, listened to. He didn’t talk very often, but when he did, we listened because he had good points to make and we will miss him immensely on this bo...
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce has several activities going on this December to celebrate the Christmas holiday. According to Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce CEO Meri Ann Rush, the Annual Lighted Christmas Parade is Saturday, Dec. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. This year’s theme is Winter Wonderland. Line up begins at 5:30 p.m. on Senior Avenue. The parade route will head west on Arapahoe and turn left on 5th Street and right on Broadway and will turn around at the turn a...
Would you like to learn more about what Park, Hot Springs, Washakie and Big Horn counties are doing to minimize the impacts of floods, dam failures, wildfires, hazardous materials incidents, and other hazards? A draft of the updated Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, which includes individual county annexes, is being made available for public review and comment. The plan assesses risks posed by natural and man-made hazards, identifies ways to reduce those risks, and allows each county to be eligible for mitigation grant funding from FEMA....
Main Street Thermopolis’ Great until 8! event continues this Saturday, Dec. 11. This monthly event will be part of the festivities in downtown which include the Lighted Christmas Parade. With the goal of promoting businesses in Hot Springs County to stay open until 8 p.m. on the second Saturday of the month, the promotion is continuing to expand. Main Street continues to grow the roster of participants and fine-tune this monthly event. Main Street Thermopolis’ president, Suzanne Samelson reported that the feedback from both businesses and sho...
Two trees are up in the community with names of people who’s Christmas you can make a little brighter. Elf Tree The Elf Tree Program is designed to help Hot Springs County families in need with a little extra in the way of Christmas gifts for their children. Parents or guardians may sign up their children, ages birth -17 years old, until Dec 10 at the Department of Family Services, 403 Big Horn. The Elf Tree is located at Storyteller and will be taken down on December 16. Wrapped gifts, with the Elf tag attached for identification, need to b...
Hot Springs County High School (HSCHS) Math teacher Darren Elder, science teacher London Jenks, English teacher Lyle Wiley and Social Studies teacher Shane Corpening have been working together diligently in preparing high school juniors for the ACT test. Their efforts have helped the students significantly improve their ACT scores. Principal Breez Daniels said, “I am extremely proud of the work our educators have done over the past few years to ensure we have a guaranteed and viable c...
The HSC Senior Center will be having three different events in December for the Christmas season. The senior center will be taking Christmas pictures of you and your loved ones before a beautiful Christmas backdrop on Saturday, Dec. 11, beginning at 1 p.m. at the HSC Senior Center. It’s open to the community. There will also be a Christmas Lights Tour, on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Come to the center and enjoy soup and homemade bread before going on the bus to drive around town to look at all the beautiful lights. Soup and bread will be served at 5 p...
Wyoming gasoline prices down slightly in the past week CHEYENNE WNE) — Wyoming gas prices have declined 0.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.37 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s daily survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Gas prices in Wyoming are 6.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, and stand $1.22 per gallon higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Wyoming was priced at $2.79 per gallon Monday, while the most expensive was $3.84, a difference of $1.05 per gal...
On Monday, a federal district court in Missouri issued an injunction that temporarily blocks President Joe Biden's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers at facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid-at least for now. Ten states were included in that lawsuit including Wyoming, Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Dakota. Also on Monday, a medical freedom rally was held in front of Hot Springs Health during the noon hour. The ra...
by Karla Pomeroy, Northern Wyoming News WORLAND — County clerks from around the Big Horn Basin presented their preferred plan for legislative redistricting to the public, which has a -6% differential from the ideal population for districts. Clerks at the Washakie County meeting Thursday night, Nov. 18, at the Worland Community Center Complex said the plan would keep the integrity of the Big Horn Basin intact and would ensure the Big Horn Basin retains current representation with six House Districts and three Senate Districts, thus three s...
Local author Jurri Schenck will hold a book signing event at the Storyteller this Saturday at 10 a.m. for his newly published book called “Legends of the Wind, Volume 1.” According to a press release from publisher Seraph Creative, “Everyone has a story. But not everyone knows who they are or what role they play in their own adventure. What story are you in?” “Legends of the Wind is a collection of tales written for real people and helped them discover their hero’s journey. These short stories are a variety of personal myths, fairy tales, and f...
Hot Springs County School District Business Manager Chauncy Johnson presented CPA Deborah Roget on Nov. 16 to discuss the district’s latest audit. “Over the past couple of years, it’s been difficult for her to be here in person, because of different COVID-19 situations,” Johnson said of Roget, who had spoken with Hot Springs County School Board Clerk Nichole Weyer and Board Treasurer Joe Martinez, “as well as my office, the business office staff,” superintendent Dustin Hunt and bookkeeper Kathy Groh, earlier that same day. According t...
At the November 17 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism board meeting, the board voted to approve Rachel Moon as the Vice-Chair. Currently there are two board openings that need to be filled. In the financial report, treasurer Audra Dominguez said October was another record-breaking month. Lodging tax revenue for September was up 34% from last year with $25,835.99 in revenue. October’s lodging tax revenue was $34,053.95, which is up 112% from last year as well. The board voted and passed a...
The Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) started a student section on November 23, 2021. TMS Counselor Lacey Shaffer came up with the idea to spread Bobcat Culture in the school. Lacey has started a club that invites students to cheer on their local teams. A student section is used as a place in the stands for local kids or teens that go to our schools. Lacey said, “I want to increase our Bobcat culture and add to our local community.” She created a pep club that runs the student section. -by Autumn Cornwell...
Unemployment falls as people leave work force CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Research and Planning Section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported Monday that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 4.5% in September to 4.1% in October. The recent decreases in Wyoming’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate have been largely the result of unemployed individuals leaving the labor force. From October 2020 to October 2021, the number of unemployed people in Wyoming decreased by an estimated 3,955 individuals. Estim...
