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Donations for family of fallen marine reach $500,000; local bank fund established JACKSON (WNE) — Three days after an online fundraiser was started, donations to assist the family of Rylee McCollum — the Jackson native and U.S. Marine who was killed in Afghanistan — have reached nearly $500,000. About 10,000 people from all over the nation had contributed via two online GoFundMe accounts. In addition, friends have established a local account for direct donations to Rylee’s widow, Gigi, who is expecting to give birth to their baby in Septemb...
Rhonda Perrie graduated from The College of St. Scholastica with a BS in Health Informatics Info Mgmt. Hot Springs Health staff members: Helen Garcia; Dusty Hake; Rebecca Cornell; Chayla Ostby; Justine Ahumada; Martha Galloway; Karyn White; Joe White; Bridget Truempler; Linsey Brooks; Hallie Bischoff and Stephen Asay completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Program. The program was supported by the American Heart Association of Colorado and Wyoming. Shayna Dru Bauer graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science...
The Hot Springs County School Board was treated to an explanation of new federal food service guidelines from District Food Service Coordinator Hannah Brooks on Aug. 19, after she covered the success of the district’s summer food service program. Brooks reported district food service staff handed out 11,937 breakfasts and lunches each over 58 weekdays, averaging 205 breakfasts and lunches per day this summer, using the same recipes and variety of hot and cold dishes as during the school year, earning “fantastic” feedback from parents and stude...
by Abby Belus The August 17 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting opened with Meri Ann Rush requesting a letter of support for the Roundtop Trail on behalf of the Hot City Outdoor Alliance. Last fall, Rush spoke with the commissioners as the Hot City Outdoor Alliance was applying for the Land & Water Conservation Grant. The first one, the Musser fund, fell through so they pulled the land and water one because they didn’t have the matching funds. Christie Walden, with Walmart, gave them $20,000 to develop Roundtop. Hot City Outdoor Alliance w...
The Wyoming Department of Health has issued harmful cyanobacterial bloom (HCB) recreational use advisories for Boysen Reservoir, Buffalo Bill Reservoir, Fontenelle Reservoir, Keyhole Reservoir, Viva Naughton Reservoir, and Wheatland Reservoir #3. The Wyoming Department of Health is working directly with resource management agencies to ensure that signs are posted at all waterbodies with advisories. Additional details regarding advisories as well as other HCB resources can be found at WyoHCBs.org. WDH issues recreational use advisories when...
There will be a Hot Springs County Preschool Screening and Health Fair for children ages 0-4 on Saturday, August 28 from 9 a.m.-noon. It will be held at the HSCSD#1 Vocational Building. The fair includes a developmental screening for vision, hearing, speech and languages, motor skills and pre-academics. Any child, birth to age four, is encouraged to have a developmental screening. The HSC Preschool Health Fair is a HSC Child Find program, sponsored by HSCSD #1, Children’s Resource Center and Head Start. For more information, call 3...
Garden harvest season is almost here and if you find your garden overflowing, the First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative (WHI), the Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP), Red Dirt Master Gardeners and the University of Wyoming Extension invite you to donate it. In April, WHI launched the Grow a Little Extra project with CNP and UW Extension. The project invited local gardeners to grow a little extra this summer to donate to food security agencies in their area. With growing season nearing its end, CNP is excited for donations to begin...
Brett Klein and his girlfriend Shirley Willis have had a successful summer as the new owners of the White Horse Country Story which they bought from the Denton’s in April. Klein moved to Thermopolis from Cheyenne after selling his trucking business. As to how they came to Thermopolis, Klein said “It’s actually kind of a funny story. A good friend of mine and I, we were sitting having a beer and talking about stuff. I was getting sick of the wind in Cheyenne and the population was getting out o...
At its August 18 meeting, the Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission continued the Dufour Bed & Breakfast proposal on Black Mountain Road to its September meeting. Chairman Adam Estenson expressed concern that the proposal was too complex to review as a Bed and Breakfast operation. Applicant Elyse Dufour is requesting approval for the short-term rental of two bedrooms in the existing residence, two existing RV spaces, and up to three tent sites on the creek bottom below the residence. The Commission discussed the definition of a Bed...
The local Oath Keepers Chapter and the Best Western sponsored a visit from author Paul Engel, founder of The Constitution Study. Engel started The Constitution Study, started in 2014 as a program to ensure our children and grandchildren are educated in the rights and freedoms protected by our Constitution and Bill of Rights. "Like many of you, I am a product of the public schools, in my case mostly through the 1970s. It's a sad state of affairs, but I learned more about our Constitution from...
Justin and Amber Popp recently relocated to Thermopolis. They brought with them their flavored peanut butter business, called PB&J’s. They make and sell flavored peanut butter, a business they originally started in Cheyenne. The start of their company began when they visited various farmer’s markets. Popp said, “We saw a need at the farmer’s markets for flavored peanut butter. You always go and you find bread, you find honey, you find jelly, but you never find peanut butter. So, we decided...
A cookie jar auction will be held for Lauri Olsen on Sat., August 28 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds. In early July, Olsen was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, which has since metastasized to her liver. She will begin treatment soon in Billings. The auction will include a market steer donated by HSCHS student Roedy Farrell....
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – As students return to classrooms across the state during a time of increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections, state leaders are describing priorities and expectations for students, staff and families. “Our goal for this school year is to keep our schools open and our students learning safely in-person, in the classroom,” Governor Mark Gordon said. “Today we want to announce our joint plan put in place to achieve this. We recognize it will take a collaborative effort from Wyoming school personnel, students and families to be s...
After consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear on August 15, 2021. The bear was a captured for cattle depredation on private lands west of Thermopolis. In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the bear was relocated to the Fivemile Creek drainage approximately 47 miles west of Cody. According to Game and Fish, bears that are considered a threat to human safety are not reloc...
Becky Kersten was named as the new Hot Springs County Clerk during Tuesday’s County Commissioner meeting. Following the resignation of Rose DeSeyn, applications were accepted by the HSC Republican Committee. They selected three candidates to present to the commissioners for consideration. More information will be included in the August 26 edition....
by Morgan Hughes Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER – Gov. Mark Gordon made clear Monday afternoon that his office would not be enacting any sweeping virus mitigation policies, deferring instead to the federal government and local officials. “On COVID, let me be clear that we are not going to issue any mandates, no mandates will come from this office. No face masks, no vaccination mandates,” Gordon said, adding lockdowns were also off the table. “Fortunately, the issue is not masks, the issue is COVID and the disrupt...
The Wyoming Office of the Attorney General, Division of Victim Services (DVS) has decided to not renew their contract with Hot Springs County’s H.O.P.E. Agency, currently leaving the agency with no apparent source of funding. When asked why H.O.P.E. Agency’s contract was not renewed, Darryl Erickson, Deputy Director of DVS said, “The Division of Victim Services are the funders of victim service providers throughout the state and, of course, the money comes with some strings, some compl...
The Senior Center is holding two major events for the month of August. On Saturday, August 21, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. they will have the Non Sponsored Poker Chip Run. Pre-register now or from 9:30-10 a.m. prior to departure that day. Leaving the Senior Center at 10 a.m. Each entry is $10. Any side by sides, four wheelers, trucks, SUVs are welcome. Drawings and prizes awarded at 3:30 p.m. at the Center. Burgers, hot dogs, chips and watermelon served at 4 p.m. at the Center, it’s $5 a plate. There is an additional fun en route: Begins at t...
Few people today know much about the largest child migration in history. Between 1854 and 1929 over 250,000 orphans and unwanted children were taken out of New York City, put on passenger trains and sent out across the country to find new homes. Children were sent to every state in the continental United States. Several children even came to Fremont County in the early part of the twentieth century. Performers Phil Lancaster and Alison Moore take us on a journey alongside the Orphan Train. Combining live music, video montage, and a dramatic...
Woman wants her purse taken to jail; meth discovered inside CODY (WNE) — When Kelsey Spencer was being arrested for breaking her probation, she demanded her purse go with her to the Park County Detention Center. Inside that purse lay an unused syringe and meth. Spencer, 28, had been brought to the Detention Center on June 30 after the state submitted a petition to revoke her probation after failing to show up to two probation meetings and admitting to using meth twice. Spencer had previously told authorities they would find no syringes in t...
Results have been released for small animal shows, static and FFA, shooting sports and open class building exhibits from Hot Springs County Fair held last week. SMALL ANIMAL SHOWS POULTRY SHOW American: Cockerel; Male fowl, less than one year old – Brayden Jones, Samuel Johnson American: Pullet; Female fowl, less than one year old - Ivory Galovich, Miriam Johnson, Brayden Jones Asiatic: Hen; Female fowl one year old and older - Shyanne Jones Asiatic: Pullet; Female fowl, less than one year old - Mac McCumber English: Pullet; Female fowl, l...
Results have been released for small animal shows, static and FFA, shooting sports and open class building exhibits from Hot Springs County Fair held last week. Shooting Sports Archery, Junior - Hoyt Peil, Fischer Lewis, Baer Mcphie, Cameron Martinez, Nate King, Allen Thurman Archery, Intermediate - Bridger Peil, Logan Dafoe, Ellis Webber, James Whitt, Talyah Myers, Dyllan Myers Archery, Seniors - Lexi Overfield, Hayden Overfield, Owen Mccumber, Eli Dickey, Sydney Shaffer, Lance Axtell Muzzleloading, Intermediate - Silas Dickey Pistol, Junior...
At the August 3 Thermopolis Town Council meeting Town Attorney Mike Messenger presented an emergency ordinance amending a town code section which changes the automation fee structure as required by Wyoming statutes. Messenger said, “the essence of this is that we have been collecting forty dollars for the state’s automation fee.” The town withdrew from that program on July 1. But they’ve been collecting the forty dollars and the administration wants to start collecting that money because...
The 2021 Junior Livestock Auction and Judges' Choice Bake Sale at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds Friday night brought in a record breaking $203,104.50, up from $180,195.25 last year. Along with a live auction for sheep, swine, goats and beef, baked goods were offered up via a silent auction. Twenty-six head of beef came through the ring this year and sold for an average of $3.52 per pound and an average of $4,473.32 per head for a total sales amount of $116,306.25. The average price per... Full story
At the August 3 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the Annex Building, the commissioners decided to table the Mike Stevens land use change request because they feel they do not have enough information to make a decision. They are waiting to see any potential changes in the next few weeks that may affect how they decide. The commissioners also tabled the approval of the Black Mountain Road Agreement until September 1, as they said things are not in place yet. Shane Rankin gave his...
