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Governor Mark Gordon announced Wyoming will remove its statewide mask requirement and allow bars, restaurants, theaters and gyms to resume normal operations on March 16. Wyoming has seen a declining number of active COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and has seen significant success rolling out the vaccine, with the state’s most vulnerable residents having access to the vaccine. The Governor continues to encourage Wyomingites to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces and to follow the best practices adopted by any business they visit t...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting on March 2, Meri Ann Rush and Howie Samelson, representing Main Street Thermopolis, requested street closure for the Brewfest event occurring on Saturday, June 5. The event is from 4-8 p.m. with the closure starting at noon so the vendors can set up and with closure ending at 9 p.m. They asked for extra barricades to help make things secure and prevent people from driving through. The event is for both food and non-food vendors. There will be a corn hole t...
At Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting on March 2, County Health Nurse Tricia McPhie gave her report saying the maternal-child health position is still open and they are starting to receive applications. The advertising they paid through the Wyoming Nursing Magazine has recently gone out. Scheduling interviews will be next once they receive more candidates. McPhie said that the Department of Health has finally distributed numbers for the maternal-child health contract. She will present...
Officer Mike Mascorro recently gave a drug awareness presentation to Thermopolis high school freshmen for their health classes. This is now Mascorro’s third year in giving this education. He showed some videos about what hard drugs do and also about vaping and nicotine. At the end of his speaking and questions and answers with the students, Mascorro showed them mock fake drugs or props that are similar to what they look like in real life. This helps the students know how to recognize them if a...
Wyoming youths are invited to participate in a virtual career night hosted by University of Wyoming Extension starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. Youths can choose from six different career tracks in animal science, business, health and education, natural resources, trades and wild and crazy. Each track features four industry professionals who will provide insights into their careers and how they got there, shared Amber Armajo, Washakie County 4-H educator. “We have been doing this for a couple of years now as part of WESTI Ag Days,” sai...
Brad Becerra recently opened up his auto detailing business called Precision Detail. Becerra said he wanted to do an auto detail business before he was deployed to Afghanistan. He and his wife were looking for a place to put it and end up deciding to run it out of his garage at home. They bought the property next to their house and plan on building a shop there in the future. Precision Detail is located at 1116 Amoretti and is available by appointment only. Becerra is able to do a car or two a...
Thermopolis FFA members competed in the District Speech contest on March 2. Tucker Lake took first in Creed speaking and Kaia Galovich came in third. Brooklynn Williams also competed. Rebekah Johnson came in first in Extemporaneous speaking. Ruthanne Johnson and Lexi Overfield also competed. Students will be competing at the Regional Speech Contest on March 16 at the Days Inn at 1 p.m. FFA members will be competing in several upcoming state contests and state convention in April....
There will be a Cookie Jar Auction benefit for Alice Oneyear on March 13 at the VFW Post 2281 with a donation dinner at 5:30 p.m. The auction will follow the dinner. Alice is currently battling stage 4 Lung Cancer, she has completed three weeks of chemotherapy and is currently undergoing radiation treatments five days a week. This will continue for seven weeks with future treatment ahead. She has an aggressive cancer that has metastasized to her ribs and lymph nodes. Ken Ivie will be preparing smoked pulled pork sandwiches and smoked beans....
Vaccination pre-registration is now open to more Hot Springs County residents as our county moves into COVID-19 Vaccine Phase 1c. This makes the vaccine available to all residents age 50 and over. New medical conditions have been added as well. These are moderate to severe asthma, hypertension or high blood pressure, liver disease, overweight individuals with a BMI of 25 or higher and people who have Thalassemia. Residents of congregate living settings have been added to include people living in dorms, shelters, group homes, and corrections...
by Stephen Dow The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — On third reading Friday, the Wyoming House defeated a bill some legislators said would limit government transparency by moving public notices out of newspapers. “I’m not quite there with the notion that we pull the funding that makes sure that we get information out to our public,” Sen. Bill Landen, R-Casper, said. Senate File 17, sponsored by the Senate Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, would have allowed cities, towns, counties and school...
At the February 18 Hot Springs County School District #1 Board meeting, business manager Chauncy Johnson provided a budget update for the current school year and a look at what 2022 funding might look like. As the Wyoming State Legislature works through bills that will affect school districts, Johnson provided information regarding how budget cuts could look at HSCSD#1 in the coming year. Johnson reported that currently, local revenues are down 31% in Hot Springs County. This translates to a deficit of $1,618,339 for the school district going...
At the March 2 Hot Springs County Commissioner meeting, Public Health Nurse Tricia McPhie gave her report of local COVID vaccinations and her goals of getting more doses available to the public. This would include more new people receiving their first doses and also having others receive their second dose. There are still people on the waiting list. Chairman Tom Ryan asked McPhie, “Do you think you have vaccinated the majority of people over 70 years old?” McPhie paused and then replied, “I...
At the February Hot Springs Health Board meeting, CEO Margie Molitor introduced to the board Caroline St. Charles, who is a Heath Tech consultant working as a Chief Clinical Officer. Molitor said, “She is the guru for all of the conditions of participation and compliance, quality, credentialing, anything that has to do with the patient. She is the expert. She is here and doing a mock survey.” St. Charles said that the last mock survey was approximately three years ago. She explained that hos...
A raffle is being held as a Hot Springs County Senior Class Fundraiser with three great prizes to win. Only 600 tickets are being sold for $20 each, 3 for $50 or 6 for $100. First prize is a Weatherby 6.5 Creedmoor Meateater Edition Rifle ($950 value), second and third prize is 1/4 Wilson beef Grade A, processed with a 5 cubit ft. Magic Chef freezer ($800 value). The drawing will be held on April 9. Call 921-1157 for information on purchasing tickets. All proceeds from the raffle will go to the 2021 graduation celebration....
Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Department of Health have announced the removal of a health order addressing operations of personal care services, along with a continued relaxing of COVID-19 protocols as Wyoming’s metrics continue to improve. The order mandating statewide use of masks is still in place. As of Monday, March 1, Health Order No. 3, which addresses operations of barber shops, nail and hair salons, tattoo parlors and other personal care services was being eliminated completely. Attendance limits for indoor and outdoor gathering...
Crew members position an illuminated sign for the main entrance of the newly constructed Hot Springs Health, formerly known as Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital....
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Funding for the state’s K-12 education system took center stage Monday as the House Education Committee continued to work on a school funding recalibration bill and agreed to add a conditional sales tax increase to the proposal. With the state’s School Foundation Program projected to have a roughly $300 million revenue deficit by the end of the current biennium, K-12 education funding will likely be a major topic of debate during the Legislature’s month-long session, with...
JACKSON (WNE) — Rep. Mike Yin, D-Jackson, is filing a bill calling for a flat, 4% personal income tax in Wyoming. The Equality State is one of nine states that do not tax residents’ job-related earnings. Supported for decades by revenues from mineral extraction, Wyoming is notoriously tax-averse. A number of newly-elected Wyoming legislators campaigned on a “no new taxes” pledge, and there are only nine other tax-friendly Democrats in the 60-person Wyoming Legislature. But Yin told the Jackson Hole Daily opposition to taxes “doesn...
by Gregory Hasman Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE —People in the Cowboy State could legally place bets on a sporting event if a proposed bill gets through the Legislature. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibited sports betting in most states. That prompted states to take advantage of the ruling to legalize the industry or at least entertain the idea. Rep. Tom Walters, R-Casper, is the main sponsor of House Bill 133 that — if passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Mark Gor...
T-O Engineers held their second public meeting at the Hot Springs County Annex Building on February 25 to update on the Master Plan for the new county airport. All three commissioners were present along with a former commissioner, other participating members, and others who are pilots or users of the airport. Traci Hodgins is the project manager of the aviation master plan and presented an hour-long slideshow giving the public a lot of data and showing the process of their methodologies that go...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting on February 16, treasurer Tracey Van Heule presented a resolution for a budget adjustment for some unanticipated revenues and expenditures. One key element to the adjustment was from police chief Julie Mathews who was able to receive a grant from Homeland Security for $134,884.78. This money went to provide the department with new portable radios and upgrade the second console in the dispatch office. There were some other small revenue items such as from t...
At the Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting on February 16, the commissioners voted and approved the COVID Charitable Organization Funding Requests for HOPE Agency, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, HSC 4-H, Gottsche Foundation, H Diamond W, Hunting With Heroes, Friends of the Library and the VFW. Chairman Tom Ryan added to the requests that they send a letter for their awards that they are relying on them that their application with the state is correct and that they would be responsible for...
CHEYENNE - According to Wyoming Department of Health data, 77 older Hot Springs County residents risk losing services through The Wyoming Home Services Program without a funding commitment for the program from the Wyoming Legislature in March’s session. Statewide, nearly 2,000 residents may lose their home services through the Wyoming Home Services Program without continued funding for the program. The Home Services program provides help with activities of daily living such as bathing and dressing for those who are in danger of requiring i...
Hot Springs County residents who currently have certain health conditions may now pre-register on the COVID-19 vaccine waiting list. The Wyoming Department of Health has created detailed screening questions to define “medical conditions” as they apply to the COVID vaccination program. County Health offices are required to abide by these definitions. If your condition is not listed below you will not qualify at this time. If you can answer YES to one or more of these four questions you are now eligible to pre-register for vaccination. Do you...
Emergency crews and tow truck crews have been kept busy recently with two difference roll over vehicle accidents. Top, a Hot Springs State Park truck was retrieved Feb. 17 after it went off the side of the road near Smokey Row Cemetery. The driver was taken to Hot Springs Health were he was treated and released. No citations were issued. Bottom, one person was injured during a roll over near the entrance to TV Draw on East River Road. The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle. They were...
