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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...
At the November 17 Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission meeting held at the Annex building, Wyatt and Beau Haight presented their application. The Haight’s requested the land use be changed from agricultural to commercial to allow an events arena, a 40-unit RV campground, and a 40-space horse trailer camping area. The subject property is a roughly 76.2-acre parcel located in the south half of Section 18, Township 43 North, Range 94 West. Fronting on the northwest side of Highway 20 N...
Bobcat Hallie Martinez was selected as a member of the Wyoming All-State Student Council at the recent Wyoming Association of Student Councils (WASC) convention. The Hot Springs County High School student council was recognized at the event with the Honor Council distinction. Members of the HSCHS 2021-2022 Student Council are Martinez, Logan Petty, Jean-Luc Willson, Madeline Wagler, Karina Lea, Cadence Steadman, Jacob Randall, Josiah Butler, Jarek Sorensen, Morgan Slover, Jayci Basse, Brandon...
At the November 16 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the HSC Annex Building, a public hearing was held to address the Dufour Land Use Change request. County planner Bo Bowman gave a brief description of the property, its history and the applicants’ issues in regard to changing it from a residential property to one for commercial use. The applicants Elyse Dufour and Ryan Collins had met with the land-use change planning commission three times as their issues were evaluated and d...
At the November 16 Thermopolis Town Council meeting they performed a brief amount of actions. The council voted to approve that on December 24 and 27 the Town Hall will be closed. The council also approved a catering permit for Shorty’s at the Ducks Unlimited event on December 4. Additionally, the Mayor asked if the council would fund a bonus of $300 for each town employee. The council voted and passed this request. They were able to do this because their health insurance renewal was so low and therefore had the money availa...
Around 40 items, including painted chairs and decorated trees, went up for silent auction at the People for People Backback Program benefit. Nearly $3,000 was raised to help provide meals on the weekends for kids in our community. The event was held last Saturday in the TMS commons, in conjuction with the Beta Sigma Phi Holiday Affair. Around 40 vendors offering a variety of products filled the TMS gym....
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...
Julie Hoffman is the new director of the Wyoming Pioneer Home. As the director, Hoffman manages the staff and administers the fiscal assistance from the State of Wyoming. Hoffman's background comes from being a licensed social worker in Basin at the Wyoming Retirement Center where she worked for 7 and a half years. She focused on long-term care and helping residents adapt to the facility, as well as admission, safe discharge and complaints such as reports of abuse or neglect. Hoffman grew up in...
Main Street Thermopolis, along with the merchants and restaurants, will welcome the holiday shopping fun all around town. Decorations and lights are going up. Storefront windows are looking festive. As part of the event, shoppers can bring in receipts dated November 26-29 from any businesses in Hot Springs County to the Chamber of Commerce on November 29 and 30. When they drop off their receipts, they can pick up a souvenir key ring and will be entered in the December 1 drawing to win $250 in Chamber Bucks. Main Street Thermopolis had the key...
by Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon proposed a balanced general fund budget of nearly $2.3 billion for the 2023-24 biennium Monday that will be considered by the Wyoming Legislature during the 2022 budget session. Recommendations for state agency funding compared to the previous budget stayed flat, but close to $453 million is proposed to be allocated to the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account, better known as the “rainy-day fund.” This was made possible by the use of American Rescu...
At the November 11 Chamber of Commerce board meeting held at Big Horn Federal, the date for the community Christmas Parade was announced. The parade will be Saturday, Dec. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, contact the chamber at 864-3192 CEO Meri Ann Rush discussed some old business during the meeting. Rush reported that the October 16 100th Annual Chamber Banquet had 144 people attend and they raised more than the expenses they budgeted for. Rush said they did well and that the...
A Big Horn Region Redistricting Public Meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 18 from 6-8 p.m. at the Worland Community Center, 1200 Culbertson. The Big Horn Region Legislators and County Clerk Offices are holding the meeting to discuss the Region’s preferred Legislative Redistricting Plan. The Region includes Hot Springs, Big Horn, Park and Washakie Counties. Legislative Redistricting is happening all over Wyoming. Every ten years, after the census is complete, the lines for legislative districts must be redrawn based on the census, which m...
Belinda Moore and Donna Pennoyer have created a new business called Rodeo 307. Together, they sell a variety of products, such as tumblers, hats, stickers and other products that display their trademarked logo for Rodeo 307. Moore said, “We’re selling rodeo merchandise, promotional merchandise, just for the love of rodeo. It is for rodeo fans, participants and for those that just want to show their Wyoming pride. It was an idea that we came up with kind of on a whim. We were working on a pro...
Two events will be held at the Thermopolis Middle School on Saturday, Nov. 20 There will be the Chair-ity/Christmas Tree Auction, a benefit for the People for People Backpack Program, held in the Commons area. The Auction begins at 9 a.m. and will end at 3 p.m.. Proceeds go to support the program, helping to provide meals on the weekends for kids in our community. You can volunteer to paint a chair or decorate a tree by contacting Judy Carswell at 921-8264. Holiday Affair The Beta Sigma Phi Holiday Affair will also be from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. It...
