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The Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails (SPHST) is seeking Requests for Information (RFI) for development of concession management opportunities at Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis. According to wyoparks.wyo.gov, the RFI release date was June 22 and site visits may be conducted through August 15. Submission deadline for questions is September 15 and responses are due October 29. In the fall of 2019 the state’s Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources committ met in Dubois. At the time, there were Requests for P...
Hot Springs County High School recently had a few of their Speech and Debate Team members compete in the virtual National Speech Tournament. Coach Lyle Wiley said, “This year was a wild one for the Bobcat Speech and Debate team and it culminated with a unique National Tournament after our back-to-back State Championship run.” Wiley added, “I was able to get some TMS students involved in the asynchronous Middle School competition for the first time at Nationals, which was a good experience. The TMS students all recorded their events and sent...
Main Street Thermopolis held their June meeting at the Main Street office. Johnny Dorman, Tracy Linko, and Howie Samelson were re-elected to remain on the Board. Dakota Jeffs and Debra Tudor resigned from the board due to conflicting time commitments. The Executive Committee going forward is Suzanne Samelson, President; Johnny Dorman, Vice President; Meri Ann Rush, Treasurer; and Tracy Linko, Secretary. The board accepted the proposed 2021-2022 budget. Main Street is looking to fill vacancies on the board and welcomes inquiries about what is in...
The next event in the Hot Springs State Park 2021 Sounds of Summer Concert Series this year will be Thursday, July 8 at 7 p.m. Packin’ the Mail will perform at the pavilion band shell. Admission is free to all events. State Park Superintendent Kevin Skates said, “We’re back with our summer concert series. Due to Covid last year we didn’t have any music in the park. So, we’re excited to have four concerts for the summer in our lineup. We’re excited to get it back and we’re looking forward to it.” Skates added, “People can bring their own b...
Studio Theatre at CCPA is pleased to announce the addition of Thermopolis to their sixth season tour of Famous & Infamous Women of the West: The Cody Monologues. This original, one-act play features some of the most important, yet oft forgot, women who helped shape Wyoming history. The performance will take place on Tuesday, July 13 at 7 p.m. at the Hot Springs State Park pavilion band shell. Sponsored in part by the Wyoming Arts Council and Hot Springs State Park, the performance is free with donations accepted and appreciated. “We are so e...
A series of annual public meetings are scheduled around the area to address future highway improvement projects in northwest Wyoming. A self-guided online meeting to allow citizens to provide input launches July 26. A key part of the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) process involves annual meetings with public officials and other individuals who play key transportation partnership roles in Wyoming, said Wyoming Department of Transportation District Engineer Pete Hallsten, P.E., of Basin. “These in-person meetings provide an oppor...
The playground at Ralph Witters Elementary is getting new turf installed this week as one of the summer projects going on at Hot Springs County School District....
The Community Blood Drive, sponsored by the HSC Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, is scheduled for Mon., July 12 from 2-6 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center. There are limited appointments available, but walk-ins are welcome. If you would like to make an appointment, please go to Bloodhero.com and find a time that will fit your schedule. Each donation has the power to save up to three lives. There is always a need for blood and only venter donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Every two seconds, someone need blood so this is a...
It was hidden in plain sight for years until it caught the eye of a historian. Mark Mszanski, a writer for the True West magazine, was going through the digital database of the Hot Springs Historical Museum in Thermopolis when he came across a famous photo. The portrait of the Sundance Kid and Etta Place is well known to Western history buffs but there was something about this particular photo that stood out to Msaznski. The embossing around the photo was unique and he contacted the museum to confirm his suspicions. After extensive research, Ms...
At the June 15 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, discussion was held about the landfill agreement extension for one year. Commissioner Phil Scheel said, “I really think as the landfill and solid waste becomes more and more a pressing issue, the city, the current operator’s plans needs to be a little bit more public. Especially with those participating entities including the county, to the county, and to the town of Kirby and East Thermopolis so that we can be all onboard rather than the...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting on June 14 a public hearing was held for the 2021-22 budget and there were no comments received. The budget was voted on and approved in its third reading. There were a couple minor changes including sewer depreciation fund expenses that were just under $10,000 and they added $5,000 to give to the Hot City Outdoor Alliance for their fundraising of a trail development on Roundtop. During citizen participation the council approved catering/liquor permits...
The crash south of Thermopolis on Friday, June 18, that led to the road closure of US20/WY789 between Shoshoni and Thermopolis in Wind River Canyon, reportedly resulted in a fatality and an injured person. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol crash report, a pickup was southbound on US 20, when the driver attempted to pass another southbound vehicle. The driver of the pickup attempted to avoid a collision with a passenger car headed northbound, but was unable to and the two vehicles were in an offset head-on collision. The report states...
The Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo is set for June 25-26, 2021 - Get Ready for the Re-ride, Buck Covid. Friday night after the rodeo in front of One Eyed Buffalo, Chancy Williams will be performing a concert. Tickets are available online at Chancy Williams Facebook page or locally at OEB. Williams will be donating part of the proceeds to area first responders. Williams reached out to the rodeo committee because his last experience performing in Thermopolis was amazing so he wanted to perform here again. Our local rodeo was one of...
Bill Smith and partner, H. B. “Woody” Bartlett and family held their 38th annual Sale on May 15. At the sale, 55 geldings sold for an average of $21,950. The top 5 averaged $52,800, top 10 averaged $41,200 and top 20, $32,525. The high selling gelding, lot 50 Bar G Chili G a 2013 black went to Washington for a price tag of $113,000. Home raised two year olds were extremely popular with 32 head selling for an average of $8,373.44. The top 10 averaged $12, 525. High seller was a mare from the Bartlett breeding program, lot 73 Beaudeycious Blonde,...
A building on Richards Street between Family Dollar and Merlin’s Hide Out was torn down recently. The property was sold in January 2021 by a local couple and is now owned by Ken Holman of Draper, Utah. Holman is a land acquisitions agent for various national corporations. The plans for the now vacant lot will be announced once details are received....
by Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER –– Wyoming’s energy industry reacted with cautious optimism to a court ruling blocking the Biden administration’s freeze on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of Louisiana found the Biden administration’s order to be an overreach of executive power and ruled that it is “hereby enjoined and restrained from implementing the Pause of new oil and natural gas leases on public lands,” which the administration instituted on Jan. 27 in an...
Although classes might be out for students of the Hot Springs County School District, Superintendent Dustin Hunt addressed the Board of Trustees on June 17 by reviewing the work that school staff have completed, as well as the work they still have ahead of them, over the course of this summer. Hunt reminded the board that the following weekend would see them participate in the administrative team “boot camp,” which is set to lead off with reviews of climate surveys and appraisals of areas for growth in the district, before staff tackle the str...
Wyoming Discovery Days (formerly Big Horn Basin Folk Festival) will be held Saturday and Sunday, August 7 and 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. The festival showcases the creativity and handwork of Wyoming’s own storytellers, artists, craftsmen, and musicians. It includes a Storytelling Circle, music at the Pavilion, Fine Art and Folk Art Show, Trading Post, Folk Master Craftsmen Tent, art...
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Some lawmakers are worried that school districts are using federal pandemic-relief and recovery funds to add new positions and purchase equipment that might add to ongoing costs for the state. The anxiety stems from the fact that school districts have discretion in how to spend the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds distributed to districts from the CARES and American Recovery and Reinvestment acts. Wyoming’s allotment of ESSER funds total $470 million so far, according to state and f...
Hot Springs County Weed and Pest will be hosting a Natural Resource Tour on Tuesday, June 29 beginning at 9 a.m. Participants are asked to meet at the Weed and Pest office at 711 Springview St. There will be a on site tour of resource management projects and an on site history of Gebo. A free BBQ lunch will be served. The tour is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend. Please RSVP to 864-2278 or lwoodward@rtconnect.net....
At the June 16 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism board meeting, new Treasurer Audra Dominguez gave the financial report. For the month of May they received $15,097.58 in lodging tax income and $4.41 in interest income. This amount was a record high for a monthly lodging tax income. Compared to 2019/20, during Covid, May was $4,838.18 and 2018/20 was $10,525.31. For the past 11 months ending May 31, the lodging tax income is $162,506.86. Tourism Director Jackie Dorothy presented a worksheet from the Wyoming Office of Tourism that gives many...
Wyoming lawmakers are weighing a significant overhaul of the state’s elections. Members of the Joint Committee on Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions voted to draft bills to create either an open primary or a ranked-choice voting system. Either system would profoundly change how Wyoming elects its officials and would likely have significant political ramifications, according to elections experts. The decision follows months of pressure from conservative activists who have argued that vote splitting in Wyoming’s often crowded Rep...
CASPER – A bill that forbids employers from requiring staff to show proof of vaccination in most cases gained near-unanimous support from a Wyoming legislative committee Thursday. The bill, now sponsored by the Legislature’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee, has three primary actions: It requires health care facilities, essential businesses and government entities to accommodate unvaccinated people who require their services; It allows students to apply for waivers to K-12 vaccination requirements based on “personal objec...
A 74-year-old woman was transported to HS Health after the vehicle she was driving exited the Mack’s Market parking lot and landed nose down in the alley....
Thermopolis and a large part of Wyoming has scene record high temps this week as a heat wave hit that sent temperatures into the triple digits. On Monday, June 14 the recorded high in Thermopolis (according to the National Weather Service) was 101. On Tuesday, at press time (5 p.m.) the recorded high had hit 103. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid 90s for the weekend and then fall to the 80s next week. High heat, combined with very low relative humidity is making for extreme fire conditions across the county and state. Extreme caution...
