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The Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting on April 8 at the County Museum and all members were invited to participate. Chamber President Pastor Sam Needham reported that they currently have 206 members and their goal is to have 90% member retention. In the past year, they had a 10% loss / 10% gain of membership and basically broke even. Needham explained to members that they want to educate the community on the benefits of being a chamber member. Some of the ways they have been communicating are through their newsletter and through their...
Staff for U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis will hold remote office hours in Thermopolis on Wednesday, April 21. Field Representative Jennifer Fernandez will be available to meet with residents and hear ideas, comments and concerns. To schedule a meeting with Jennifer Fernandez, please call (307) 527-9444 arrange a convenient time and location....
The Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Trustees voted against applying for a waiver from the mask mandate during a special meeting March 30, during which Hot Springs County Health Officer Dr. Vernon Miller answered questions and offered testimony. Board Chair Jennifer Axtell and Board Trustee Will Farrell voted in favor of applying for a waiver. Board Vice-Chair Sherman Skelton set the tone for the meeting by asking Miller, if a student or school staff member tested positive, and masks were not being worn, would it require a l...
During their Tuesday meeting, the Hot Springs County Commissioners voted to adopt a resolution making the county a Second Amendment Sanctuary. Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar presented the resolution to the commissioners and he said, “on an average week I probably have five to ten people ask me if we are coming for their guns.” Sheriff Kraushaar said his reply to them is he would never do that and they have the Second Amendment and the Wyoming Constitution to support them. Kraushaar added that his...
At the March 30 Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board meeting, hospital CEO Margie Molitor said they are about to complete Phase Four in their funding and are about done with the USDA loan application, which will be completed in the next week. The remaining items are cosmetic work, including painting and carpeting. Around May 15 is when they close the loan. Molitor wants the public to know that total joint replacements are possible here in Hot Springs County with surgeons Dr. Francisco,...
Dale and Ciley Andreen are holding an information meeting for those who might be interested in becoming a foster parent or foster family. The Andreen’s have been foster parents for eight years and they have had 46 kids in that time. “There’s just a need in Hot Springs County for foster homes, for respite care. We need prayer warriors, we people willing to step in and say hey, can I help you with your kids? Our foster homes are getting older. Right now there are only three or four foster home...
Alpha Phi #1148 Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha held their Annual Awards Ceremony and dinner on March 30. Everyone enjoyed a carry in dinner followed by the awards ceremony presented by Awards Chair Jenifer Grimm. Awards Given include: Perfect Attendance: Carol Andreen, Kim Enis, Ruth Galovich, Jenifer Grimm, Kendi Heinze, Michelle Herring, Stefanie Ireland, Brenda Larson, Cindy Magelky and Linda Ziegler. 2nd Degree Pallas Athene: Kendi Heinze 10 Years of Service: Michelle Herring 50 Years of Service: Belle Flinn Woman of the Year: Linda...
The Hot Springs county Pioneer Association will hold their Annual Meeting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 at the Hot Springs County Museum & Cultural Center. Topics of interest will include projects achieved the last couple of years and plans for new projects and events going forward. They will be hosting an open house at the Museum with guided tours of new exhibits and opening the Hole In The Wall Bar for root beer and souvenir pictures. They will debut their oral history project with clips from several of the interviews already recorded....
by Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A bill requiring Wyoming citizens to present specific forms of photo identification when casting their ballots in elections sailed through the Senate on Thursday and will now head to the governor’s desk for review. House Bill 75 would require voters to show certain kinds of identification before being able to vote in person. Voters would need to present one of the following forms of identification: a Wyoming driver’s license or identification card, a tribal ident...
Hot Springs County Road and Bridge Supervisor Shane Rankin provided information on how speed limits are determined on county roads and elsewhere. Rankin said, “Mainly the county doesn’t set the speed limits. The speed limits are an engineered study. Basically, in layman’s terms, setting a speed limit must be established by a WYDOT study. When the speed limit is posted, it should be within five miles per hour of the 85% of free-flowing traffic.” WYDOT puts counters across the roads, which a...
Hot Springs State Park Supervisor Kevin Skates provided information regarding members of the public flying drones in the park properties. Skates said, “We have a park rule that is state-wide. Drones at this point are prohibited in state parks, including Boysen and Hot Springs State Park. However, people can get permission by contacting our office at 864-2176.” Skates added, “Generally, we will give permission for educational, research or tourism advertising videos. We have seen and heard on social media that people are buying more drones and t...
by Kathryn Palmer Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A proposal to address a $300 million shortfall to Wyoming’s K-12 education funding model is headed to the Senate floor, but a sales tax hike won’t be a part of the possible solution. “Frankly, I don’t think we can get 16 votes on the floor of the Senate with a bill that has a tax increase in it,” Senate Education Committee Chairman Charles Scott, R-Casper, said Monday. The committee voted 4-1 to advance House Bill 173, which proposes to cut more than $50 million from K...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture recently convened a meeting of Wyoming's Invasive Mussel Response Team. The team, formed by Gov. Mark Gordon, is a multi-agency effort to stop the spread of and limit impacts from invasive zebra mussels in Wyoming. Hot Springs State Park Superintendent Kevin Skates said that Game and Fish are really concerned about the zebra mussel invading the cooling ponds of the park and elsewhere. Skates said, "It's an invasive sp...
The local chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is holding its banquet April 10 at 5 p.m. at the Fair Building. The event is a fundraiser and committee chair, Anthony Barnett, said they want to get members back together now that COVID has died down. Barnett added, “We had to cancel our event last year. As far as a local community, we wanted to have an event for the community. With proceeds from this local event and the Women for Wildlife events our chapter does in Greybull, Worland and Dubois throughout the year our chapter h...
CASPER (WNE) — A bill to legalize online sports wagering in Wyoming for the first time cleared both the House and Senate. House Bill 133 directs the Wyoming Gaming Commission to regulate the activity by setting up rules and imposing fees and penalties. The commission will have until September to draft the rules. Supporters of opening up online sports betting have said the activity already occurs in the state illicitly; Wyoming is simply missing out on needed money. “(The bill) tries to stop the black market that is taking place now, put con...
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — In an unprecedented vote, the Wyoming House of Representatives gave its final support Wednesday to a bill authorizing the expansion of Medicaid coverage to an estimated 24,000 low-income residents in the state, marking a level of support among lawmakers that has not been seen since the program was first offered to the state nearly a decade ago. House Bill 162, which won approval from the body by a narrow 32-28 vote, would direct state officials to pursue a plan to e...
by Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A bill intended to exempt Wyomingites from future federal restrictions on gun rights passed the Senate floor Wednesday with a 24-6 vote. Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, sponsored Senate File 81 in an attempt to provide proactive Second Amendment protections for “law-abiding citizens” in anticipation of federal restrictions on guns coming from the Democratic administration. After a series of amendments overhauled Bouchard’s original version of the bill, the sponsor voted n...
The Internal Revenue Service announced that individuals have until May 17, 2021 to meet certain deadlines that would normally fall on April 15, such as making IRA contributions and filing certain claims for refund. This follows a previous announcement from the IRS on March 17, that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year was extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021. Notice 2021-21 provides details on the additional tax deadlines which have been postponed until May 17. Time to make contributions to IRAs...
The Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees received a cautiously optimistic financial forecast from Business Manager Chauncy Johnson on March 18, who reported the district is due to receive roughly $1.4 million as a result of the recently passed COVID-19 stimulus package. “We’ve inquired about how we can utilize this funding, and the good news is that the federal government hasn’t put a lot of tight stipulations on it,” said Johnson, who noted that authorized expenditures for the $1,434,935.08 include retrofitting air filtrat...
On Tuesday, March 16, Officer Mike Mascorro, of the Thermopolis Police Dept., conducted a traffic stop near the Armory on US Highway 20 North. The vehicle was pulled over for speeding in a school zone. During the traffic stop, Officer Mascorro smelled the overwhelming odor of marijuana emanating from the interior of the vehicle and requested assistance from additional units. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, Thermopolis Police Department Officer Scott Gardner and Hot Springs County...
The Bobcat Speech and Debate Team has five National Qualifiers from the Wind River District Tournament. They include: Jean-Luc Willson and Jacob Randall in Policy Debate. Joey Butler in US Extemporaneous Speaking. Logan Petty in World Schools Debate. Elizabeth Keller in World Schools Debate. Willson and Butler also qualified in other events, but will go in Policy Debate and Extemporaneous. “Amazing end to an amazing regular season for our Bobcats,” said head coach Lyle Wiley. “It is truly historic what this team has accomplished this year,...
The Hot Springs County School District will wait until after receiving the results of a survey of certified and classified staff on March 30 before its board of trustees votes on whether to apply for a mask variance from Wyoming Public Health. Board Chair Jennifer Axtell opened the discussion on March 18 by noting the other districts who’d been granted such variance after applying for it, and both she and Board Trustee Will Farrell noted the amount of correspondence they’d received from the public on the issue, which had prompted Axtell to add...
At the March 16 County Commissioners meeting, Shane Rankin gave his Road and Bridge report and said that the Big Horn Basin Discovery Center requested assistance in moving some dirt for a mound on their center’s location. They want to use a bulldozer and loader to form the mound in preparing for a pond and waterfall to eventually be put there. The work would take about one to two days. A formal motion was not necessary, and the commissioners gave their approval. Hot Springs County Sheriff J...
Hot Springs County COVID-19 vaccinations are available to any Hot Springs County resident aged 18 or over. The Moderna vaccine arrives locally on a regular basis. Moderna requires two doses, 28 days apart. When you make your appointment for the Moderna vaccine you will need to be available in Thermopolis for your second dose in 28 days. Register on-line at hscounty.com/vaccine or call WDH Registration at 1-800-438-5795. You will receive a call from Hot Springs County Public Health (864-3311) or Red Rock Family Practice (864-5534) to schedule...
The Thermopolis FFA Chapter hosted the Regional Speaking contest in Thermopolis last week. Rebekah Johnson qualified for state as a co-winner in in Extemporaneous Speaking. Kaia Galovich and Tucker Lake both competed in Creed Speaking but finished just shy of qualifying for state. Several members are competing in a variety of competitions this week for State FFA. Results will appear in the Independent Record once they are available....
