Your source for news in Hot Springs County
Your source for news in Hot Springs County
Sorted by date Results 26 - 50 of 6753
The Thermopolis Independent Record will be running candidate information throughout October leading up to the 2026 Wyoming General Election, November 3. Information will come from a variety of sources, including the Wyoming News Exchange. The Wyoming News exchange allows papers throughout Wyoming to share stories through a paid subscription. by Northern Wyoming News staff via Wyoming News Exchange Note: The Northern Wyoming News emailed questionnaires to the four U.S. House candidates: Secretary of State Chuck Gray (Republican) of Casper, forme...
by Mark Davis Powell Tribune via Wyoming News Exchange The Wyoming Game and Fish Department budget has jumped by its highest amount in years and the interim director is calling budget concerns “dire” as inflation, especially in transportation costs, is dramatically increasing costs to the department. The budget has increased by 8.3%, according to department Chief Financial Officer Meredith Wood, who presented during the July commission meeting in Sheridan. The Commission voted unanimously to approve an annual budget for 2027 of more than $10...
The Thermopolis Town Council held Regular meetings this month on September 1 and September 15. The council approved a Notice to Proceed with the upcoming chip seal project, which will involve some traffic delays as the work progresses. The project will begin on 5th Street on September 23, weather permitting. Crews start at Arapahoe Street and work north on 5th Street toward Park Street. They will then skip the block of 5th Street between Arapahoe and Broadway and pick the project back up south of Broadway, continuing south. They will then...
At the Hot Springs County Commissioner’s September 15 regular meeting, the primary agenda item was to review a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) agreement to outsource the position of county planner. The position is currently held by County Planner Les Culliton. Commissioner Paul Galovich opened the discussion stating that he had received three letters in support of Culliton and opposing the outsourcing of his position. The letters had been penned by Hot Springs County Clerk Becky Karsten, District Court Clerk Kris McNeff and County Attorney J...
The Board of Directors of the Thermopolis - Hot Springs County Chamber of Commerce held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 17. Without a quorum present, the board was unable to take any decisions upon action items on its agenda, and was left to address just informational matters. Chamber Director Cindy Sampson stated that she had tendered her resignation and that her last day would be September 25, 2026. Sampson has only been with the Chamber for a short few months, having taken over the position when long-time Director Meri...
The Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees met on Thursday, September 17 for their regular monthly meeting. District Superintendent Dr. Jason Fuss recognized several district employees who had recently achieved credentialing in the district. Among those acknowledged for their hard work were Maryn Hillman, Alisa Martinez, Mike Mascorro, Alan Rossler, Ally Bohleen and Maggie Wambeke. Fuss also raised the issue of once again producing a podcast for the school district, which had been done in the past, but not recently. Student Truste...
Thermopolis Rotary Club joined 'hands' with the Themopolis FFA club of Hot Springs High School. The rotary club recently received a district grant to purchase 40 prosthetic hand kits for amputees in under served communities around the world. The Rotary Club and the FFA club, headed by Britton Van Heule, met September 15 at the high school to assemble the hands. The activity taught the groups how to communicate, problem solve, divide responsibilities and assemble a functional prosthetic hand....
In 2022, Wyoming First Lady Jennie Gordon launched the Fair to Fork program in partnership with Wyoming 4-H and FFA members as part of the Wyoming Hunger Initiative. The program purchases pigs as secondary pigs from one participant in each Wyoming county to donate to a local food organization of their choice. The selection is made through a lottery system and the participants are paid $750 for their animal. Hot Springs County 4-H member Sawyer Wilson was selected to participate this year. He...
On Saturday, Sept. 26 the Thermopolis Farmers & Artisans Market will have cooking demonstrations from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and provide free samples to the public. Market vendor Red Canyon Bison Ranch will demonstrate how to grill bison kabobs and a second grill will be used to grill garden produce from vendor Empty Nest Garden and the Thermopolis Community Garden’s Grow A Little Extra program. The public is invited to watch and enjoy samples until they’re gone. The raffle basket drawing will be the following Saturday, October 3 at 10 a.m. Time is...
Democratic candidates to visit Thermopolis On Thursday, September 24, Democratic candidate for US Senate James Byrd and Democratic candidate for US House Lisa Kinney will be in Thermopolis at Storyteller from 2-4 p.m. to visit with voters about their concerns. Both candidates are multi-generational Wyomingites who previously served in the Wyoming State Legislature for multiple terms. Byrd will face off with current incumbent Senator Harriet Hageman, and US House Candidate Lisa Kinney is challenging current Secretary of State Chuck Gray in the...
by Allison Allsop Casper StarTribune via Wyoming News Exchange Nearly $30 million could be added to Wyoming’s public education funding next year as lawmakers weigh how much more the state should spend to keep pace with rising costs. The potential increase came into focus Sept. 15, when the Wyoming Joint Education and Joint Appropriations committees met to review the state’s K-12 education resource block grant, the funding model used to determine how much money Wyoming’s public schools receive. The timing is significant. Wyoming completed its re...
by John Bernhisel For some hunters, a successful deer, elk or antelope season means a freezer full of carefully wrapped meat and meals planned for months ahead. For others, the reward is the hunt itself: time in Wyoming’s mountains and fields, the challenge of filling a tag and the experience shared with family or friends. They may want a few steaks or a backstrap, but not an entire animal. Out-of-state hunters, meanwhile, may face the expense and inconvenience of getting hundreds of pounds of meat home. The Food from the Field Initiative o...
The Bighorn River is an amazing fishery that can be fished year-round for big healthy Browns, Rainbows and an occasional Cutthroat Trout. Fishing the river from a drift boat is advised as it is a large river. There is limited public access. In the spring the river gets pretty busy. Winter can be a great time to fish the Bighorn with little to no crowds. In summer, anglers can count on moss but some great dry fly fishing. Fall can be a magical time on the river with cooler temps, less moss and fish chasing streamers. This summer, a long period...
The Thermopolis Chapter of Hunting with Heroes Wyoming will be hosting disabled veterans from around the nation for the Annual Antelope Hunt this weekend. Each year expert guides, generous tag donors, kind landowners and scores of additional volunteers work together to honor our heroes with a large dose of g hospitality. VFW Post 2281 serves as home base throughout the hunt weekend. Saturday, Sept. 26 is hunting day followed by an evening of fun and storytelling at the VFW. Hunting with Heroes Wyoming has been hosting hunts for disabled...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Gas, diesel prices continue to rise; gas up another 10 cents in Wyoming CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 10.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.49 a gallon Monday, according to a GasBuddy.com survey of 494 stations in the state. Prices in Wyoming are 17.7 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.41 a gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 30.7 cents compared with a week ago and stands at $6.49 a gallon. A...
by Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com, via Wyoming News Exchange After Wyoming State Parks settled with the former owner of the popular Star Plunge hot springs facility in August for $1.8 million, inspectors discovered gas leaks, sagging beams and “significant problems with the pools,” Wyoming State Parks Deputy Director Nick Neylon told lawmakers Tuesday. The findings throw a wrench into the state’s plans for the Hot Springs State Park pools and water slides in Thermopolis, Neylon told the Legislature’s Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cul...
At their September 1 meeting, the Hot Springs County Commissioners tackled a number of administrative tasks including the purchase of the Waltz property located in the 500 block of Arapahoe Street. The purchase of the property will allow the county to proceed with demolition of some the buildings currently standing in that block and to finally address a long-standing issue of potential county liability associated with the structures. The commissioners approved liquor license renewals for Bailey Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Pit Stop #10; for Legion...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has lifted voluntary fishing closures for the Bighorn River. Game and Fish staff have continuously monitored stream conditions since the closures were announced in early August of this year. Recent cooler weather has moderated water temperatures across the Big Horn Basin and forecasts indicate a continuing cooling trend, minimizing the immediate stress on local trout populations. With the recent cooler weather, Game and Fish anticipates stream temperatures to drop to safer levels for trout, allowing for...
The Travel & Tourism Board held their monthly meeting at Hot Springs State Park office on August 25. Director Angie Guyon advised that the organization’s new web site has now gone live and can be found at https://www.visitthermopolis.com. In the financial report, the board was advised that the July 2026 amount for lodging tax revenues to the board was in the sum of $45,894.36, which represents a 26% increase in revenues. The board has been advised that its grant request for Destination Development funds has been approved by the Wyoming O...
Airport Fly-in The Hot Springs County Airport is hosting a Fly-in and model airplane fun fly on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 7-11 a.m. A free breakfast will be available and there will be door prizes. Wheeler meet and greet Hot Springs County Sheriff candidate Matt Wheeler is hosting a meet and greet on Wednesday, Sept. 23 from 4-7 p.m. at Audra’s Copper Coo, 225 Clark St. Democratic candidate meet and greet Two Democrat candidates for federal office will be at a meet and greet on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 2-4 at Storyteller, 524 Broadway. Lisa K...
The Bureau of Land Management began work in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin’s Fifteenmile Herd Management Area to strengthen the long‑term health of the wild horse herd and the rangelands they rely on. This effort supports a more sustainable balance on the landscape, which has been heavily strained by long‑term overpopulation and severe drought conditions. The Fifteenmile HMA is located in the upper Fifteenmile Creek watershed approximately 30 miles northwest of Worland, in a very remote part of the Bighorn Basin. The area includes nearly 81,00...
The Board of Directors of Hot Springs Health held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. The Board held a round of applause to acknowledge Dr. Vernon Miller, MD, who was recently named Physician of the Year by the Wyoming Medical Society. Dr. Miller has over 50 years of medical practice experience, and is board certified in general surgery. Dr. Miller has been an outstanding asset to our local community. CEO Scott Alwin reported that Hot Springs Health has been awarded $1.7 million through the Wyoming Rural Health...
by Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com The 5-year-old black bear had a routine. At nightfall, she would climb down out of one of Laramie’s many cottonwood trees, spend the night searching for tasty morsels in city and residential garbage cans, then by 6 a.m. she would find another tree, climb back up, and sleep off all that garbage while 60, 80 or even 100 feet off the ground. Pictures show her legs free floating on either side of a branch, dangling like a cartoon bear near the city’s historic train depot and across town by baseball fields. Wyo...
For several years now, the Hot Springs County Commissioners have struggled with issues arising out of a land use request made by Micheal and Michele Stevens and their Tipi Retreat business. Two separate court cases have ground their way through the legal system - at considerable expense to Hot Springs County tax payers - and a review of actions taken by two of the current county commissioners was undertaken by Governor Gordon. And still, there appears to be no resolution in sight. After being denied their land use change and after losing their...
The Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees met on Thursday, August 20 for their regular monthly meeting. The Trustees opened their meeting with a celebration of staff who have been with the District for at least five years. Those receiving acknowledgment for five years of service were: Barb Andrew, Jim Andreen, Boone Bowker, Brittney Bowker, Forrest Christiansen, Kylie Corpening, Kaitlyn Dudrick, Kee Elder, Lynn Erickson, Bill Faller, Jacilyn Garrison, Wade Holmes, Randi Miramontes, Aubry Roybal, Ryan Roybal and Kim Steinfeld....
