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by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Some lawmakers are worried that school districts are using federal pandemic-relief and recovery funds to add new positions and purchase equipment that might add to ongoing costs for the state. The anxiety stems from the fact that school districts have discretion in how to spend the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds distributed to districts from the CARES and American Recovery and Reinvestment acts. Wyoming’s allotment of ESSER funds total $470 million so far, according to state and f...
Hot Springs County Weed and Pest will be hosting a Natural Resource Tour on Tuesday, June 29 beginning at 9 a.m. Participants are asked to meet at the Weed and Pest office at 711 Springview St. There will be a on site tour of resource management projects and an on site history of Gebo. A free BBQ lunch will be served. The tour is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend. Please RSVP to 864-2278 or lwoodward@rtconnect.net....
At the June 16 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism board meeting, new Treasurer Audra Dominguez gave the financial report. For the month of May they received $15,097.58 in lodging tax income and $4.41 in interest income. This amount was a record high for a monthly lodging tax income. Compared to 2019/20, during Covid, May was $4,838.18 and 2018/20 was $10,525.31. For the past 11 months ending May 31, the lodging tax income is $162,506.86. Tourism Director Jackie Dorothy presented a worksheet from the Wyoming Office of Tourism that gives many...
Wyoming lawmakers are weighing a significant overhaul of the state’s elections. Members of the Joint Committee on Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions voted to draft bills to create either an open primary or a ranked-choice voting system. Either system would profoundly change how Wyoming elects its officials and would likely have significant political ramifications, according to elections experts. The decision follows months of pressure from conservative activists who have argued that vote splitting in Wyoming’s often crowded Rep...
CASPER – A bill that forbids employers from requiring staff to show proof of vaccination in most cases gained near-unanimous support from a Wyoming legislative committee Thursday. The bill, now sponsored by the Legislature’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee, has three primary actions: It requires health care facilities, essential businesses and government entities to accommodate unvaccinated people who require their services; It allows students to apply for waivers to K-12 vaccination requirements based on “personal objec...
A 74-year-old woman was transported to HS Health after the vehicle she was driving exited the Mack’s Market parking lot and landed nose down in the alley....
Thermopolis and a large part of Wyoming has scene record high temps this week as a heat wave hit that sent temperatures into the triple digits. On Monday, June 14 the recorded high in Thermopolis (according to the National Weather Service) was 101. On Tuesday, at press time (5 p.m.) the recorded high had hit 103. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid 90s for the weekend and then fall to the 80s next week. High heat, combined with very low relative humidity is making for extreme fire conditions across the county and state. Extreme caution...
Shurie Scheel is assuming the new role of Governor of District 5440 for the Rotary year 2021-22. The district covers all of Wyoming and northern Colorado. Al Braaten assumes the role of President of Rotary Club of Thermopolis. Rotary Club of Thermopolis celebrated at Wedg and Kathy Taylor's. Wedg is the outgoing President....
Business partners Bob Reardon and Darren Calhoun have opened up a new food truck called WY Smoke Burritos located at 8th Street and Shoshoni Street. They have breakfast and lunch/dinner burritos with smoked pork, BBQ mole prime beef, chicken, vegetable and tater tots with a protein choice. The burritos can also be chimichanga style smothered. Reardon described the creation of the foods and the prime brisket and pork are smoked 12-14 hours. The pork sits on top of beds of pineapple with...
The Rural Broadband Association has recognized Range as the winner of the NTCA Marketing eXcellence Award in Branding Project. The Marketing eXcellence Awards recognize the vital role marketing, sales and communications play in the broadband industry and are announced annually at NTCA’s Marketing + Sales Conference. “On behalf of our entire organization, I am honored to accept Range’s first-ever Marketing eXellence Award” said Jason Wille, Range’s Chief Marketing Officer....
At the June 10 Chamber of Commerce meeting held at the HSC Museum under old business, Director Meri Ann Rush reminded the board the Pageant Day Parade is coming on August 7 with the theme “Home of the Brave” where they will honor our local heroes. The Chamber is hosting the Demolition Derby on August 14. Rush said, “It’s coming along. It’s hard to believe it is less than two months away.” In new business Rush presented the board election results with the four open slots. Bradyn Harvey of Kirby Creek Mercantile, Falina Hill of Gottsche Re...
Doctor Travis Bomengen was awarded the 2021 WRITE Excellence in Teaching Award for the Wyoming region. In a letter from the University of Washington School of Medicine, Office of Rural Programs it said, "This award aims to recognize and honor preceptors with a track record of excellence in teaching medical students as well as those that serve as a leader in their community." Nominations were collected from WRITE students across the WWAMI program. WWAMI is through the University of Washington...
Hake Realty has opened a new office in Thermopolis. Nikki Donahue, Worland, is the responsible broker and they are an independently owned and operated franchise part of Real Living. Regarding the limited inventory of housing in Thermopolis Donahue said, “It’s a common problem nationwide right now but we’ve got a lot of resources from the franchise to help us get out there. We’re really just trying to give our sellers more resources to determine whether or not it is a good time to sell. That’s been really successful in the Worland market. W...
by Hannah Black Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Following a dramatic and record-breaking fire season for the west in 2020, officials warn this season could also be above average. Wyoming State Forester Bill Crapser, along with Gov. Mark Gordon and other state and federal officials, gave an overview of the state’s wildfire outlook Thursday morning at the State Forestry Division’s Cheyenne maintenance facility. Predictions from meteorologists and fire behavior specialists put Wyoming “on the high end of normal...
The 307 Wyoming Livestock Judging Series recently hosted a contest in Thermopolis. Results received include: Junior Ava Dafoe, 5th in swine and 7th overall Intermediate Sheep/Goats: 1st Taylor Agar; Swine: 3rd Rylee Agar; Beef: 1st Taylor Agar, 5th Rylee Agar; Placings: 3rd Taylor Agar, 4th Rylee Agar; Reasons: 1st Taylor Agar, 6th Maile McCumber; Overall: 3rd Taylor Agar, 4th Rylee Agar. Senior Swine: 4th Lexi Overfield; Overall: 7th Hayden Overfield, 10th Owen McCumber. Other results include:...
by Ellen Fike Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A number of cannabis advocates and members of the Libertarian Party made history Friday as they submitted two marijuana-related ballot initiatives, kicking off a campaign that will last until next November. A number of organizations joined forces outside of the Wyoming State Capitol in a news conference where they discussed the importance of legalizing medical marijuana and decriminalizing marijuana for personal usage in the state. About two dozen people were in a...
The Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo is set for June 25-26, 2021 - Get Ready for the Re-ride, Buck Covid. Friday night after the rodeo in front of One Eyed Buffalo, Chancey Williams will be performing a concert. Tickets are available online at Chancey Williams Facebook page or locally at OEB. Williams will be donating part of the proceeds to area first responders. Williams reached out to the rodeo committee because his last experience performing in Thermopolis was amazing so he wanted to perform here again. Our local rodeo was one of...
At the June 1 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Darren Butcher presented some concerns to the council. The agenda for the meeting said he was going to speak about lawn waste. However, he quoted some bible scriptures about how the people can benefit those who oversee the land and he wanted to address the mindset of the council to appeal to them his cause about allowing chickens within the town. Butcher said he wanted to help the community who are in need and that chickens would be a benefit by...
A Thermopolis Middle School teacher was recently named the Hot Springs County School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2021. Thermopolis Middle School Principal Steven Soderstrom presented sixth-grade teacher Jacob Strenger to the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees as the Teacher of the Year during their May 20 meeting. Soderstrom lamented that, as recently as two years ao, he had yet to witness Strenger teaching firsthand. “In my new position, I get to see and learn from him,” said Soderstrom, who lauded Strenger for living...
Thermopolis residents, Thomas Schoenewald and Lea Cavalli Schoenewald, recently wrote a new book revealing the past and current history of the Hot Springs State Park. During the Covid situation last year the Schoenewalds were hiking around the State Park area seeking out where the old zoo was located. It was a fantastic find and this got them interested in learning about the history of the park. Because they were not able to travel due to Covid, they decided to write a book. The excitement...
Megan Olson is Hot Springs Health's first resident of Thermopolis' Rural Training Track out of the University of Wyoming Family Medicine Program. She was chosen out of 300 applicants because of her physician expertise but also as a spokesperson for the program. Olson is originally from Cheyenne and is starting her second year of residency this July. Her focus is rural family medicine which covers a pretty broad scope from clinical medicine to hospital medicine, which includes deliveries,...
Gottsche Therapy, Rehab and Wellness is excited to introduce their new Physical Therapists. Jonathan Otto is a Doctor of Physical Therapy at Gottsche. Otto was born and raised in Riverton. He received his undergraduate degree in physiology and kinesthetics from the University of Wyoming and his doctorate in physical therapy (PT) from Phoenix’s Franklin Pierce University in 2016. His exposure to PT started after a rock-climbing injury where he fell and dislocated his shoulder while he was in c...
by Nick Huntimer, DSU Sports Information Director Jason Ciz was inducted into the Dakota State University Athletics Hall of Fame on June, 5, 2021 in Madison, South Dakota. Jason was one of the top pitchers for the DSU Trojan baseball teams in the mid-to-late 2000s. He was the first DSU athlete to be named Dakota Athletic All-Conference four consecutive years (two times as First team in 2005 and 2008; two times as Second Team in 2006 and 2007). Ciz came to Dakota State University in the 2004-2005 season, igniting the Trojans to their second...
Hot Springs Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc. has awarded $24,000.00 to Hot Springs Health to be applied toward the acquisition of 3D Digital Mammography equipment in the Department of Radiology. The new equipment is up and running at Hot Springs Health. The equipment will allow Hot Springs Health to provide state of the art mammography screenings in Hot Springs County. Funds for the award were derived from a grant of $15,000. from the Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative; a donation of $500.00 from Dr. Randy J. Folker, MD; and $8,500.00 raised...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners had a full agenda to get through at their June 1 meeting. Nate Messenger gave his FBO report on the new county airport and said that “May was a good month,” they had decent fuel sales and traffic. There were 130 total recorded operations with three air ambulances and 11 aircraft that were overnight. They sold 934.23 gallons of Avgas and 1,190 gallons of jet fuel. Messenger added that he has seen an increase in fishing traffic, specifically luxury fishermen wi...
