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At the first monthly meeting for July, the Thermopolis Town Council voted and approved catering permits for the month. Town engineer Anthony Barnett reported that he worked with Assistant to Mayor Fred Crosby and Town Clerk / Treasurer Tracy Van Heule to pick dates to advertise for the chip seal project to request bids starting July 29. They will have it ready to present to the town council for an award on August 3. Barnett also reported that cell nine at the landfill is almost full. Director...
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Wyoming Game and Fish commissioners backed agency staff last week and approved compensation for trophy game damage to stock that amounted to $388,696 less than two ranchers claimed. With one dissenting vote in the two separate cases, the appointed citizen commission approved $71,339 to Josh Longwell of HD Ranch and $11,626 to Christian Peterson of Crandall Creek Ranch. Longwell claimed $322,685 in stock and other losses to grizzly bears and mountain lions; Peterson claimed $128,857 for losses to grizzlies a...
The Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved the district’s proposed budget for 2021 to 2022 on July 15, after Chauncy Johnson, business manager for the district summed up the past year as “a challenge like none of us has ever really seen.” Johnson pointed out the number of school districts across the country that were not able to provide the same services to their students as the Hot Springs County School District. He credited the district’s staff for this feat, before crediting the board with already approvi...
Noted author Bill Betenson will talk about his famous great uncle, Butch Cassidy, and his newest book, Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years at the Hot Springs County Museum on Saturday, July 24 at 2 p.m. Bill Betenson is the great-grandson of Butch Cassidy’s younger sister Lula. He inherited his great-grandmother’s archives and her interest in setting the record straight. In his latest book, he focuses on Butch’s exploits in Wyoming and tries to unravel the sometimes conflicting information with care and honesty. Betenson refutes a number of other...
There will be a benefit for the Thermopolis VFW on Saturday, July 31 at the Hot Springs County High School, 231 Park Street. It’s called “2021 Kilos for Veterans Powerlifting Meet.” The weigh in will be at 7 a.m. and lifting starts at 9 a.m. The categories are Full Power, Bench Only, Raw and Raw with Wraps and Equipped. The event is open to anyone aged eight years old and up. Open Registration for the event is at https://liftingcast.com/meets/mtc81kgotx5c/registration. Registration for veterans and active duty only is at https...
Romancing the West comes to Hot Springs State Park for Sounds of Summer on Sunday, July 25th at 7:30 pm. Singer/songwriter Christina Lynn Martin and Cowboy Poet and Balladeer Butch Martin co-produce and perform in the time traveling documentary concert telling the human story of over 250 years of the people of the American West through their trials, tribulations and triumphs and celebrating their diverse cultures, lives and legacy’s. The story of Western Expansionism ranch history is told in historic photographs, rare film, video, live p...
by Morgan Hughes Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange The state-sponsored Hathaway Scholarship for college-bound high school students received another update this legislative session, but the public will get to weigh in on how the new rules are written. The change affects students who wish to begin racking up credits toward the Hathaway scholarship before they enter the ninth grade. Previously, junior high students were limited in what credits they could earn toward the merit-based award. The changes as written remove requirements that...
Hot Springs Health (HSH) has two new disinfectant machines called Tru-D. Zack Brink from HSH's housekeeping department, Bridget Truempler, the director of nursing and Trina Slover, the director of surgical services presented Tru-D in a demonstration. Brink will clean a patient's room upon their exit where they remove the trash liners and linen because Tru-D only works on hard surfaces. Once the room is done being pre-cleaned and dried, Brink starts the machine up in the middle of the room. Its...
Wyoming Discovery Days, which takes place Saturday and Sunday, August 7 and 8 in Hot Springs State Park continues and expands on the former Big Horn Basin Folk Festival. With a theme of Wyoming Rails, Trails and Folk Tales, the Wyoming Discovery Days will celebrate Wyoming’s unique cultural heritage through stories, music, food, art, and demonstrations. There will be new demonstrators, a petting zoo, and a beer garden this year. The lineup of demonstrators showcases a multitude of talent from Wyoming’s hands-on traditions on both Saturday and S...
Hot Springs Health (HSH) held its June 29 board meeting and in the growth report, CEO Margie Molitor said they received their ACR accreditation. Also at the recent rodeo event, HSH was a gate sponsor. Molitor also said Dr. Hazel, an orthopedic surgeon, will hopefully start the third week of July. He is fellowship-trained in sports medicine and will replace Dr. Caldwell, working in conjunction with Dr. Francisco and Dr. Rice of Cody. For a building update, Molitor said they hope to have the...
At the July 6 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Hot Springs County Clerk Rose DeSeyn submitted her resignation. Her last day in the office will be July 30. Per the Wyoming Secretary of State following state statutes, the office cannot be filled until it is actually vacated. An interim county clerk will be in the office until a new county clerk is selected. The process to find a new clerk begins with interesed registered Republicans living in Hot Springs County submitting their resumes...
Wyoming Discovery Days (formerly Big Horn Basin Folk Festival) takes place Saturday and Sunday, August 7-8 in Hot Springs State Park. This year’s theme – Wyoming Rails, Trails & Folk Tales - will celebrate Wyoming’s unique cultural heritage through stories, music, food, art, and demonstrations. There will be music at the Pavilion both days. John Brooks, Silvertip Digital Sound Reinforcement, will provide the sound system. The music lineup for Wyoming Discovery Days brings a multitude of talent to the Pavilion stage in Hot Springs State Park...
Romancing the West comes to Hot Springs State Park for Sounds of Summer on Sunday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. Singer/songwriter Christina Lynn Martin and Cowboy Poet and Balladeer Butch Martin co-produce and perform in the time traveling documentary concert telling the human story of over 250 years of the people of the American West through their trials, tribulations and triumphs and celebrating their diverse cultures, lives and legacy’s. The story of Western Expansionism ranch history is told in historic photographs, rare film, video, live poetry a...
Hot Springs County High School’s annual All School Reunion is this weekend, July 17-18. All graduates are invited to attend. Registration will be at the Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center on Saturday, July 17 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. A car parade will be held on Saturday at 3 p.m. Line up will be at the senior center. Parade will travel to Park Street, through town to 14th Street where they will turn right, then travel on 14th Street to Broadway where they will go to stop light, turn right and head back to the senior center. There will b...
Ryan Williams, PT, DPT of RYTE Rehabilitation, was named Board-Certified Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Specialist certification formally recognizes physical therapists who have demonstrated advanced clinical knowledge and skills in a specific area of physical therapist practice. According to Tess Williams, PT, DPT, co-owner of RYTE Rehabilitation, “We are proud that one of our physical therapists have been awarded one of the highest d...
Risen Son Southern Baptist Church is hosting a Vacation Bible School from July 18-21 for children going into kindergarten through the 6th grade. The adventure will be from 5:30-8 p.m. daily. A light meal will be served. Pack your bags and grab your gear as the VBS group will be headed to present-day Israel where an epic adventure of discovery awaits. For more information, contact Sherri Dickey at 921-2309....
Washakie-Hot Springs County FSA is Accepting Emergency Conservation Program Applications. Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting applications in Washakie County and Hot Springs County for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) to address damages from drought. ECP signup will end on August 13, 2021. The approved ECP practices include spring development, drilling water wells, installing water pipelines, water tanks and solar pump systems. ECP helps you with the cost to restore the farmland to pre-disaster conditions. You may receive up to 75...
The Rotary Club of Thermopolis will hold its 15th Annual Great American Turbo Turtle Trek, on Saturday, August 14 at 1 p.m. in Hot Springs State Park at the Big Spring Outlet Stream. Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased from any Rotary Club member. Prizes include cash prizes topping at $1,000, teeth whitening, a fire pit; a kayak/paddle day rental, dinosaur fossil dig, 18 holes of golf, swim passes, a half day fishing trip, gift cards to many local business, and much, much more. Ticket purchasers are encouraged to come and cheer for their...
Hot Springs County Library is hosting a book signing and a movie screening in July. The book signing is set for July 15 at 6 p.m. Scott Werbelow, author of Son of a Poacher, will be on hand to sign his book. Werbelow said “My father was a poacher and an alcoholic and died at the early age of 40. My stepfather Martin Mayland was my mentor in my life and trusted me to do most anything at a young age.” The book takes readers on an autobiographical journey from his earliest memories of growing up on a remote Wyoming ranch to his first day on the...
The Hot Springs County Weed & Pest hosted another successful resource tour last Tuesday. There were approximately 60 people that participated in the tour this year. The tour is normally a yearly event that has been taking place for well over 15 years. Hot Springs County Weed & Pest Supervisor Lindsey Woodward said "The tours are a chance to showcase current conservation and weed management projects that are going on in the county. It gets people out of town allows them to see different parts of...
Hot Springs County Clerk Rose DeSeyn submitted her letter of resignation during the Tuesday Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting. DeSeyn will perform her duties until the end of the month. DeSeyn told commissioners, “It’s really hard for me but it’s time to notify you.” The commissioners voted to approve and accept her resignation. The commissioner must notify the GOP. Once the GOP presents a slate of candidates, the commissioners will vote to fill the position at a July 27 commissioners meeting at 9 a.m. DeSeyn said she anticip...
Locally and nationwide there is a crisis of an abundance of job openings and not many people applying for jobs. Here in Thermopolis, the lack situation hits home hard with many business owners/managers finding themselves frustrated while desperate for workers to keep their businesses afloat and to relieve their existing staff from the overload. They are concerned about extending unemployment benefits and giving out free government money; according to business owners these things actually hinder...
Megan Corcoran, a new resident to Thermopolis, is holding a grand opening of her art gallery called the "Three Sisters Gallery" on July 10 at 4-8 p.m. It's located at 124 South 7th Street. Corcoran will offer free coffee and invites the community to stop by and enjoy various art pieces for sale. The featured artist is Cocoran's stepmother, Arline Corcoran presenting many oil paintings of still life and landscapes. Additionally, the presented art pieces are from Corcoran's sisters. They are...
Hot Springs County High School’s annual All Class Reunion is just around the corner, July 17-18. All graduates are invited to attend. Registration will be at the Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center on Saturday, July 17 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. A car parade will be held on Saturday at 3 p.m. Line up will be at the senior center. Parade will travel to Park Street, through town to 14th Street where they will turn right, then travel to Broadway where they will turn right and head back to the stop light, turn left and return to the senior c...
UPDATE as of Thursday at 9 a.m. - The County Commissioners did implement a county wide stage 1 fire ban. It went into effect at midnight last night. The fireworks show in Thermopolis has been canceled. A special meeting of the Hot Springs County Commissioners is set for Wednesday, June 30, when a proposal will be discussed to implement a county wide stage 1 fire ban. If the fire ban is approved, the Fourth of July fireworks show in Thermopolis will be canceled. Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mark Collins said he is very confident... Full story
