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The Hot Springs County School District has decided to move ahead with a daycare facility for use by district employees starting this fall. In a special meeting last Thursday, Superintendent Dustin Hunt informed the board, with three different scenarios available for the start of the 2020-21 school year, now is the time to begin an in-house daycare for teachers and staff. Hunt said with the three plans in play, the daycare would be the best way to keep the teachers in front of the students.... Full story
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and Alexia Harrist, State Health Officer, have extended the Statewide Orders regarding COVID-19 through the 15th of July. There are no changes to the current orders regarding gatherings of 50 – 250 people, salon requirements, gym requirements or those that must be followed by hair salons, tattoo parlors, daycares and other businesses. Gordon said, “Given the increase in the number of cases we have seen in recent weeks, Wyoming has extended the public health orders currently in place through July 15. “We’ve seen 28...
On Saturday, June 27 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Amanda Hicks, of Worland, lost control of her vehicle at milepost 145 on US 20 (two miles north of Kirby). The vehicle Hicks was driving rolled over at least two times and came to rest on its passenger's side blocking both lanes of travel. Hicks had left Thermopolis earlier with her two dogs. She had came to get ice cream and was headed back home to Worland. She had her seat belt on and was going about 70 mph which was the legal speed limit....
On the night of Tuesday, June 24, some juveniles allegedly entered the Hot Springs County Recreation District Garage and caused damage. They also painted graffiti at the skate park. Inside the garage, the subjects spray painted a John Deere Gator side by side with an obscene image. A five-gallon bucket of paint was dumped all over the floor. The investigating officer could tell the Gator was driven because there were tire tracks through the paint. Signs hanging on fences were spray painted, the...
The Wyoming Main Street “Shop Smart, Shop Safe” campaign kicked off last week and Main Street Thermopolis has been distributing window clings and decals at local businesses that promote safe practices as shopping gets busier this summer. Wyoming Main Street provided the window clings and has provided funding for several other safety promotions in the community, including a billboard on US 20, just north of town. There are also t-shirts being distributed to the shops and restaurants in the his...
Alpha Phi #1148 Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha held the Annual Awards Ceremony and dinner. Awards Chair Jenifer Grimm presented the awards. Perfect Attendance: Carol Andreen, Brenda Barnes, Kim Enis, Ruth Galovich, Jenifer Grimm, Michelle Herring, Stefanie Ireland, Cindy Magelky and Linda Ziegler. 5 Years of Service: Shelly Brown 10 Years of Service: Brenda Barnes 30 Years of Service: Carol Andreen Jewel Pin earned and Pledge of the Year: Stormy Southwell Woman of the Year: Brenda Barnes Outstanding Educational: Linda Ziegler, “Quilt of V...
The Thermopolis Community Blood Drive will be held Monday, July 6, from 2-6 p.m. at the Community Hall behind the Community Church, 244 Sixth Street. There are some procedures that need to be followed due to COVID-19. For instance, everyone must wear a mask, temperatures will be taken before entering the blood drive area, and numbers are limited in the seating area before and after donations. At this time, there are doing appointments only, but please call Melene Mierzejewsky at 307-240-1414 to see if a walk in appointment is available. Those...
Austin Barral has been nominated for Junior Ham Operator of the Year for the state of Wyoming. The award is for ham operators 18 years or younger. Zieb Stetler nominated Barral and said he is “One in a Million.” Barral, 16, has a General License. He originally joined the Boy Scouts and got his radio merit badge under Stetler’s counsel and guidance. Barral took two tests for an operator’s license, both at the technician level and the general level, on the same day and passed both tests. Stetler...
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department will be doing their annual fireworks show for the July 4th Independence Day celebration, according to Fire Chief Mark Collins. He said that they are about $5,000 short on funds for the show compared to what they normally collect in previous years. They usually budget between $12,000 to $14,000 for a typical show. However, even though the funds raised this year are lower, John Fish, head of the fireworks committee, reports a pyrotechnician will come in...
The U.S. Census Bureau is sending postcards to an estimated 1.3 million post office boxes in communities where P.O. boxes are the only mailing address available. The postcards alert households that a census taker may drop off census invitations soon or will visit later to interview them. The postcards also provide information on how to respond to the 2020 Census online or by phone. Households are encouraged to respond to the 2020 Census as soon as they receive their invitation packet. Households that receive mail in P.O. boxes should provide...
With the most recent loosening of COVID-19 orders by Governor Mark Gordon, schools, colleges and universities will be able to resume classes in the fall as long as a few safety measures are in place. Hot Springs County School District #1 has formed a task force, which is looking at various ways the schools can open up while taking those safety measures into consideration. Those plans will be for each school, the transportation department, food service and more. One of the plans being discussed i... Full story
The Hot Springs County School District has another educator to add to their long list of award winning staff – Kinley Taylor, winner of the National University System-Sanford Teacher Award as a top inspiring teacher in Wyoming. Taylor, a kindergarten teacher at Ralph Witters Elementary, was surprised by the announcement and will receive $10,000 in recognition of her work supporting student development and achievement. She now joins the ranks with teachers from all 50 states and the District o...
The Thermopolis Town Council passed their 2021 budget on the third reading, however, assistant to the Mayor Fred Crosby did say that they may have to act fast on their feet later in the year. At the June 16 council meeting, Crosby said he has heard from the State that things may not go as well this year as they thought. If things look bad in three or four months they may have to revisit the budget and make some changes. This was due to the lower revenues caused by the COVID-19 situation. In...
The final 2020 Hot Springs County Valuation has recently been released by Hot Springs County Assessor, Dan Webber. The locally assessed value, which is pending approval from the State Board of Equalization, came in at $52,413,612. Webber expects this number will be approved with little to no change. Utilities, which are state assessed, are valued at $7,561,051. Railroads in the county are assessed at $4,214,839. Hard minerals for the county came in at $3,006,218. The oil production assessment, based on 2019 production numbers, is valued at...
Jacque and Bobbie Reed recently celebrated their 70th Wedding Anniversary. Also known as the diamond or platinum anniversary, it symbolizes a relationship that is truly once in a lifetime. When they met each other Jacque was working for Mountain Bell Telephone Company. He was a lineman stationed in Wheatland. Bobbie was working at the hospital in Wheatland. They met through mutual friends. When asked how did you know you were meant to marry, Bobbie laughed and said, "Well, I don't really know....
Shop Smart, Shop Safe is a Wyoming statewide two-part campaign to provide business recovery resources and free marketing ideas and materials designed to help business owners make their customers feel safe and comfortable to return to shopping in their stores after the COVID-19 shutdowns. “Wyoming did a great job getting out the message about the importance of staying home and flattening the curve of COVID-19,” said Wyoming Main Street Program Manager Linda Klinck. “Now, as restrictions are lifting and businesses are opening back up, busin...
In spite of much lower moisture across most of Wyoming, the National Weather Service says all indications are that Wyoming will probably have a normal wildland fire potential throughout the summer. Snow water equivalents through most of the state this month are close to the drought levels seen in 2018. A couple of late season snows in the western part of the state helped a bit over the last 30-days, however areas east of the Continental Divide are drier with many locations below 50-percent of normal. Here in Hot Springs County our precipitation...
Crews work to fix a broken water line in the sprinkler system at Hot Springs County Library....
Police Chief Julie Mathews had contacted the Injury Prevention Services and asked if there was any availability of assistance through their services against alcohol intoxication or drivers under the influence. Mathews explained that their alcohol sensors were very old, outdated and broken and were in great need of replacement. Jen Cheney of the Hot Springs County Injury Prevention Services Department was able to help and they donated eight brand new alcohol sensors to the Thermopolis Police...
It may have been a little different this year due to the pandemic, but once again, the Bobcat Speech and Debate Team made an excellent showing at the National Speech and Debate Tournament. While they were supposed to be traveling to Albuquerque for this year’s tournament, COVID-19 got in the way and the entire tournament was held online. Those doing individual speech events such as humor, drama or oratory had to pre-record their events and download them to the National’s site. Congress, debate and extemporaneous speaking were don live thr...
In preparation for the coming election and the vote on the new lodging tax, a new political action committee was formed to assist the Travel and Tourism Board in fundraising efforts. This tax will not be money taken from the local residents, but instead, it will be collected by motels from tourists who stay at their venues. The reason the PAC was created is that the Tourism Board cannot lobby for itself. Greg Willson will be the PAC’s chair and Meri Ann Rush will be the Treasurer. Willson explai...
Statewide bicycling and walking advocacy organization, Wyoming Pathways, is partnering with the Hot City Outdoor Alliance, Bureau of Land Management, and the Town of Thermopolis to develop a Thermopolis Community Trail Plan that will help guide development of future natural surface trail systems on public lands in the area, and develop a local bicycle route system for paved and gravel road routes. With the success of the recently developed multi-use trails in Hot Springs State Park, Town officials, business leaders and community members have...
A representative of the Wyoming Association of Risk Management (WARM), the company that takes care of liability insurance for government agencies in Wyoming, attended the recent meeting of the Hot Springs County Commissioners to discuss an overview on the library roof. Through an architect and contractor, the commissioners had sent a roofing bid to WARM that was an upgraded product. The representative told the commissioners their bid was over double what the insurance company feels is necessary...
The National Weather Service, Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, and emergency management agencies across central and western Wyoming, ask your help in providing the public with information about lightning safety. Since 1959, Wyoming has been typically in the top five in the nation per capita population involving lightning injuries and fatalities. Advance planning and increased awareness will help residents and visitors to Wyoming, be aware of the dangers of lightning. Throughout the week, the National Weather Service, Wyoming Office of...
In spite of many services and concessionaires being closed throughout the State Park system in Wyoming during April and May, numbers of visitors were up – way up. The state boasts 12 State Parks covering over 100,000 beautiful acres featuring just about everything you could want in an outdoor adventure, from hiking trails to fishing, swimming and boating. The five-year average for number of visitors across the state park system in April and May is 225,000 people. This year, that number more t...
