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Hot Springs County School District is hosing a Parent Sport’s Night for incoming 6th-12th grade students on Tuesday, May 18 at 6 p.m. in the high school commons. Discussion will include, what is new in MS/HS sports, physical dates, summer camps, weight room schedule, open gym schedules and more. Parents are encouraged to attend....
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is announcing a mistaken exposure of laboratory test result data involving the health information of thousands of Wyoming residents and others, as well as describing its plan to respond. The department became aware of a breach involving protected health information on March 10, 2021. It was discovered a workforce member inappropriately handled the health information of approximately 164,021 Wyoming residents and others as early as November 5, 2020. The incident involves an unintentional exposure of 53...
At the April Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board meeting CEO Margie Molitor said, “the exciting thing is that all of our outpatient areas are now open. Everything the patient touches is new or remodeled. They can come in the main entrance and find their way.” Molitor also said that their CT volume is going up and they are hoping their mammography volume goes up too. They are getting good feedback from the speciality clinic from the specialists there. Dr. Nicole Jamieson is confirmed to...
by Victoria Eavis Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange Gov. Mark Gordon’s office will develop the bulk of the next state budget without cuts thanks to improved revenue projections released last week, an official said Friday. The news comes on the heels of a string of budget cuts over the past year that were prompted by a downturn in the energy industry and the COVID-19 pandemic. “The standard budget that we’re going to build this year won’t involve cuts,” said Gordon spokesman Michael Pearlman, meaning the general fund and the budge...
Ralph Witters Elementary is hosing a kindergarten registration on Tuesday, May 11 from 5-7 p.m. in the RWE cafeteria. This is for incoming kindergartners for the 2021-2022 school year. To be eligible for kindergarten, students must be five years old by August 1, 2021. To be eligible for kinder boost students must be 5 years old by August 2 to September 15, 2021. Please bring the following information to kindergarten registration: state certified birth certificate and an immunization record. For more information, call the RWE office at...
The North Big Horn Basin held its annual District Music Festival virtually this year. Large Ensembles (Concert Bands and Choirs) were required to submit video recordings of their performance for adjudication from three judges. Small Ensembles and Solos were also required to submit video submissions for adjudication from one judge. Due to the virtual nature of this year’s festival they were able to submit Middle School Large Ensembles for adjudication using the same rubric as the high school. “As Director of Bands and Choirs at Hot Springs Cou...
Main Street Thermopolis is holding its annual Brewfest event on Saturday, June 5 from 4-8 p.m. between 4th and 5th street on Broadway downtown. It is their main fundraiser where the entire community and families can participate. Adults 21 years and older can purchase a tasting mug for $25 and try out beer from six or more craft breweries from around the state. There will be a variety of food trucks, vendors with arts and crafts and local musicians, such as Eric Kay, Keith OBrien and Harold...
Afterschool Alliance AnnoThe Wyoming Young Entrepreneur Initiative cultivated by the Wyoming Afterschool Alliance (WYAA) encourages young people to explore and practice entrepreneurship and develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The Wyoming Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge for Winter 2021 provided a platform for young people across the state to apply these skills and WYAA is proud to celebrate the standouts. Second place was awarded to Thermopolis Middle School Students Riley O’Brien, Ivey Goff, Mari Ford and Julia Q...
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Wyoming stands at the crossroads of a permanently shrinking coal industry and a historic budget crisis as its dominant conservative politics move further to the right on several issues. Presented with these factors, a troubling number of Wyoming’s young people choose another route altogether: the one that leads out of state. The portion of Wyoming’s workforce made up of young people continues to shrink as many choose to leave Wyoming rather than stake out a future in their home state. “The consensus [amon...
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com In the fall of 2017, then Hot Springs High School senior Stormy Cox wrote of her home state: “In my heart I would love to stay in Wyoming … The majority of my family lives in Wyoming. It’s hard to leave all of them behind and be on my own. If I could stay in Wyoming and still pursue my dreams I would.” Her sentiments were collected as part of a project that I and Felicity Barringer, Writer In Residence at the Bill Lane Center for the American West, undertook. The goal was to understand young people’s attitudes...
NBHA Barrel racing weas held last Sunday at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Results inlude: Open 1D - Baylie Mulholland, 15.201; Jerrie Slagle, 15.361; Shyla Epler, 15.608 2D - Brenda Sims, 15.723; Shyla Epler, 15.814; Brenda Sims, 15.866 3D - Nicole Spainhower, 16.323; Taylor Malcom, 16.445; Kerri DeGroff, 16.500; mandy McKim, 16.687; Baylie Mulholland, 16.714 4D - Nicole Spainhower, 18.037; Kaitlyn Schmuck, 18.087; Mandy McKim, 18.536; Annie DeGanahl, 19.084; Bobbi Byrd, 22.824 Youth 1D - Mesa Allen, 16.009; Taylor Malcom, 16.216; Taylor...
May 10-14 is NOAA Severe Weather Awareness Week. Hot Springs County Emergency Management will be running the Outdoor Alert Sirens at noon each day of that week. There are two siren tones to be aware of in Hot Springs County A solid tone, which will indicate a Tornado Warning and a Hi-Lo Tone which will indicate a catastrophic Boysen Dam Failure and Evacuation is necessary. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon will be the solid tone demonstration Tuesday and Thursday will be the Hi-Lo Alert for a Boysen Dam failure. Remember, these are Outdoor...
Property owners in the unincorporated areas of Hot Springs County are advised of several newly-adopted County requirements that affect new construction. These went into effect with adoption of the County’s 2020 Land Use Plan in November of last year. Prior to starting new construction in the unincorporated areas of Hot Springs County, landowners are now required to obtain a Construction Permit. This is a simple, one-page application that is available online at www.hscounty.com/departments/planning, or can be picked up at the County Planning O...
At the April 20 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners held a discussion with County Health Nurse Tricia McPhie to discuss rescinding the Incident Command Team they created in March 2020, which was a response to the COVID situation and other aspects to the emergency situation. McPhie said, “I think we’ve learned a lot of stuff over the last year. We are not meeting like we did before. Efforts have obviously changed, too. Testing and vaccinating with a detailed plan, mor...
The Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees approved a preliminary budget for fiscal year 2021 to 2022, after the district’s business manager, Chauncy Johnson, introduced it on April 20. After Board Treasurer Joe Martinez moved to approve the budget, and Board Vice-Chair Sherman Skelton seconded the motion, the board approved the budget unanimously. Johnson opened by noting the district’s local revenues continue to be low, as projected for most of the year, and while he assured the board that the district would be “okay” as it c...
At the April 20 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Heath Overfield reported on their waste management situation and the transfer station. Overfield started by saying he wanted to put a placeholder in their budget for money going to the access of the transfer station because they wanted to add a lane. This would be done in accordance with WYDOT. There are a couple of options of how they can do the work and they will decide in the near future. Overfield then provided a priority list of transfer...
It looks like it's try, try again for Thermopolis' own Kacy Conner, who wrapped up his third season of semi-pro snowmobile hill climbs on the weekend of April 17-18 by qualifying in one of his four competitive classes at the national championship hill climb at the Lost Trail Ski Resort in Sula, Montana. "I qualified in the semi-pro open class, but I missed the semi-pro improved stock class by 6/100ths of a second," Conner said. "The other two categories, I was having problems with my sled, so I'll be starting over in points next January," he ad...
Deputy Travis Bench of Riverton and his dog Ricky searched around vehicles in Hot Springs County High School parking lot during a multi-municipality operation. According to Thermopolis Police Chief Julie Mathews, the dogs did hit on odors on certain vehicles but law enforcement did not find any actual drug materials. Deputy Bench said Ricky gives a passive alert when finding a scent coming from drugs. This alert is sitting down, changing in posture and breathing. When he comes to the strongest...
Brett Klein and Shirley Willis, left, have purchased White Horse Country Store from Dave and Cindy Denton, right. The couple is relocating to Thermopolis from Cheyenne and plans no major changes for the store. The IR will feature an article once the couple has moved and is here full time. Also pictured are WHCS employees Hannah Norris and Barbara Jean Kissel....
A drought has caused severe damage in all areas of Hot Springs County. If you’ve suffered severe damage, you may be eligible for assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) administered by the Washakie-Hot Springs County Farm Service Agency (FSA) For land to be eligible, the natural disaster must create new conservation problems that, if untreated, would: •Be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be needed to return the land to productive agricultural use •Is unusual and is not the type that would recur...
Sonja Johansen is the new Golf Pro Shop manager and she will be taking care of the clubhouse. There are plans to reopen the restaurant at the course soon. The menu will include, chicken, burgers, chicken fingers and some diabetic friendly foods. Along with french fries, other side options will be coleslaw, cottage cheese and other low carb options. They will also be serving morning coffee. Johansen will oversee staff, take care of the golf carts and the bar among other duties. The club house...
Governor Mark Gordon has issued the following statement in response to an announcement from the Bureau of Land Management to not hold its second quarter oil and gas lease sale. “The announcement by the Bureau of Land Management “to not hold” the second quarter oil and gas lease sale due to an ongoing review ordered by President Biden is disappointing, disheartening and not surprising. Federal reviews of anything typically take months, and sometimes years. What is most disappointing is that the Department of Interior could have chosen to revie...
by Nick Reynolds WyoFile.com Wyoming lawmakers will give Medicaid expansion a hard look in the 2021 interim after two attempts to pass the measure failed in the Wyoming Senate in the recent session. The Legislature’s Management Council approved expansion as an interim topic Friday by a 7-4 vote. The Joint Revenue Committee will now take it up. Long a hot-button topic in Wyoming politics, Medicaid expansion saw renewed interest this session after the federal government passed legislation increasing the federal match. The Management Council a...
At the April 21 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism Board meeting, Treasurer Matt Hughes presented the financial report. Hughes said for March the lodging tax receipts are $8,288.66 with interest income at $8.64, totalling to $8,297.30. The month was down from last year, but up 10% from the historical average. For the nine months ending in March, their lodging tax receipts are $133,301.73 and they are 75% through the fiscal year. The year to date receipts are 76.2% of their planned $175,000. They are almost perfectly on track with their...
The Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring their Community Blood Drive on Monday, May 3 from 2-6 p.m. at the Senior Citizen’s Center. At the moment, they have only a few appointments available but they are able to offer walk-in appointments for this drive. To make an appointment, please go to Bloodhero.com to find a time that will fit in your schedule. Remember that each donation has the power to save up to three lives. There is always a need for blood and only volunteer donors can fulfil that need for patients in our community. Every two seconds s...
