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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...
The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct five prescribed fire projects within the Cody and Worland field office areas this spring as part of the BLM’s commitment to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive. The prescribed fire projects may be conducted March through May, and only when weather conditions and fuel moisture conditions are favorable for a safe and effective burn. Smoke may be visible at times during the operations. “These projects are designed for overall improvements to...
T-O Engineers invite the public to attend the second meeting for the Hot Springs County New Airport Master Plan Thursday, February 25 at 6 p.m. at the County Annex Meeting Room, 117 N. 4th Street in Thermopolis. An inventory of the new Hot Springs County Airport’s airside and landside facilities will be presented. The inventory identifies the physical environment of the airport, such as soils and terrain and includes documentation of all major airport components, structures and pavements. T-O Engineers said, “Identifying future aviation dem...
Bureau of Reclamation’s February forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows: • Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River April through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 711,000 acre-feet (af), which is 56% of the 30-year average of 1,262,200 af. • Buffalo Bill Reservoir - Shoshone River April through July inflow to Buffalo Bill Reservoir is forecast at 650,000 af, which is 87% of the 30-year average of 749,000 af. • Boysen Reservoir - Wind River April through July inflow to Boys...
Jana Oliver of Thermopolis Eye Care was recently awarded the Wyoming Paraoptometric of the Year Award. Oliver is the office manager and as a para her job is to help the doctor do optician work, ordering glasses and contacts, or lab work. The award is voted on by the doctors in Wyoming. Dr. Dana McDermott and a couple of doctors in Gillette optometric put Oliver in as a nomination three years ago and she received it this year. The Paraoptometric Award qualifications are looking for people who...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation reported 10 snowplow strikes over a five-day span as plows were out maintaining the roads due to wintry conditions. The strikes, which occurred from Feb. 11 through Feb. 16, bring the total number to 17 for the winter season, which runs from October through May. Some of the recent snowplow strikes occurred near Elk Mountain and Rawlins on Interstate 80 in southeast Wyoming, Interstate 25 near Cheyenne in southeast Wyoming, I-25 near Wheatland, Chugwater...
There will be a Thermopolis Community Blood Drive at the Senior Citizen’s Center on Monday, March 8 from 2 to 6:15 p.m. Call Melene Mierzejewski to make an appointment at (307) 240-1414 or online at bloodhero.com. The sponsor code is: thermopolis. COVID-19 antibody testing will be provided for all who donate. Walk-ins are welcome....
At the Travel and Tourism Board meeting on February 17, treasurer Matt Hughes presented the financial report. He said that all COVID money has been spent and the report is strictly non-COVID-related expenses. For the past month, they spent $19,420 and had an income of $8,409.30. This was down 24% from last year in the same month, but still in the average ballpark historically. Also, there is currently $62,543 remaining in carryover funds. Director Jackie Dorothy gave her report and said they...
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) wants residents to know they can take control of their heart health by keeping a check on risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking. Heart disease was Wyoming’s leading cause of death in 2018 and 2019 according to the most recently available Wyoming Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. According to BRFSS data, 78.3 percent of Wyoming adults do not lead a healthy lifestyle, meaning they have a body mass index (BMI) at or above 25, they currently smoke a...
by Joshua Leach Cody Enterprise Via Wyoming News Exchange CODY — Oil and gas have been major drivers of the Wyoming economy since the Equality State achieved statehood. U.S. production of oil has risen in recent years, with Wyoming producers increasing the amount they pulled out of the ground from 2017-2019, according to the state geological survey. But as it has with so many industries, the coronavirus pandemic hit the oil industry hard. The analysis of the impact of the fluctuating oil markets was recently released by the Wyoming State G...
During a traffic stop at 11:35 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14, Thermopolis Police Officer Michael Masccarro arrested passenger Timothy M. Hoyer, 33, of Worland for having almost 14 grams of meth in his personal possession. His alleged charges are for the unlawful possession of meth, the intent to deliver and the unlawful use of a controlled substance. The amount of meth found reaches a felony charge. There was packaging alledgedly used for delivery located during the traffic stop. Police Chief Julie...
