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At the most recent Town Council meeting, the members approved a transfer of a liquor license from Tony Deromedi to Jennifer Fisher for her new business OEB Saloon at 500 South 6th Street. Fisher is just getting started on plans for the new business but says they include selling bar food, such as pizza and chicken wings. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett was not present at the meeting. Heath Overfield took Barnett’s place for the evening to report. Overfield said that they are continuing the d...
A slow down in aerial spraying created a slight dip in fuel sales at the Hot Springs County Airport during August according to FBO Nate Messenger. Messenger told the Hot Springs County Commissioners at their September 1 meeting that the airport saw a total of 146 operations at the facility, including nine turbine helicopters and five jet engine aircraft. They did discuss the building of a transient hangar during the meeting, which would be very good for the winter months. A transient hangar...
Rocky Mountain Power reported they were inspecting damage and restoring service to thousands of customers around the state, including Hot Springs County, after an early heavy snow storm hit Thermopolis and other areas around the state on Monday. Tree branches covered the ground all around town and the county and flowers were flattened....
Cathy and Terry Titmus, owners of Performance Auto Wash, have recently upgraded their equipment to their facility and already business has increased. Their car wash equipment was outdated for some time and with customers using credit cards in addition to carrying cash, they needed their equipment to work with current technologies and payment methods. All their new equipment now takes credit cards for paying. Cathy Titmus said, "We also upgraded our automatic washer. The nice feature of it is...
Jerry & Shelly Deromedi are celebrating their 50th Anniversary. They were married on August 28, 1970, but have known each other all of their lives. Shelly grew up in Kirby, and Jerry grew up in Gebo. Both their grandparents were miners in Gebo, and grandfathers were best friends. They happened to be high school sweethearts. When Jerry was a sophomore, his family moved to Kirby in 1966 and they lived across the street from Shelly's family. While they were teenagers Jerry asked her if she wanted...
Jennifer Fisher is still working on final plans for a new business called OEB Saloon. It will be a liquor store and a bar at 500 South 6th Street. Right now she and her partners are waiting to close on the property. Some of her plans include having a patio out back and she wants it to be a fun place to hang out. It will have multiple televisions, pool games, bar food such as pizza, nachos and wings. They might add more food choices later on. Fisher said they are keeping the One Eye Buffalo name for both the new saloon and the existing...
The worldwide pandemic has created a number of issues when it comes to how we live, even going so far as to make organizations change their plans on how they raise funds to keep going. Without a doubt, the backpack program had to become creative since schools were closed last spring, including how to get meals to the students in need. They even expanded their services to include children who were not old enough for school yet. This caused their expenditures to double almost overnight. People for People found themselves in the same boat,...
A $3.3 million highway improvement project is continuing through the Town of Thermopolis on US20/WY789, and asphalt milling activities are slated to begin Wednesday, Sept. 2. Prime contractor is McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland. “Milling activities are going to impact traffic and parking throughout the length of the project,” said Wyoming Department of Transportation project engineer Jordan Erz of Worland. “During milling, traffic movements will be limited to half of the roadway with single-lane traffic in each direction.” The pro...
During the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital board meeting, CEO Margie Molitor praised both Nina Landis and John Gibbel for their leadership during the recent roof leak. Molitor was on vacation during the leak which was caused by a major rainstorm. She said they kept the hospital operational even though they had to divert trauma patients that needed CT scans for a short period of time. Molitor noted that the hospital still admitted patients during the event. The construction still continues...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission’s next meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 9 at the Days Inn. The public is invited to attend in person or via ZOOM video conferencing and will have a chance to comment on each specific agenda item and can speak to the Commission about any matter, regardless of their attendance method. To participate via ZOOM, registration is required. The Commission will hear informational presentations on several items including the construction of the new Cody Regional Office, Mule Deer Initiative projects, big game management o...
Now is the time to act and be counted in the 2020 Census. Data collection will end on September 30, and the U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging everyone in Wyoming who have put off self-responding to respond between now and the final deadline of September 30. Currently, the State of Wyoming has a 79.2 percent total response rate, which includes self-response and the Nonresponse Follow-up (NRFU) operation. A complete and accurate count is vital to all Wyomingites. If households are not counted, Wyoming could miss out on its share of hundreds of...
An extension to Wyoming’s current public health orders released today by the Wyoming Department of Health contain no changes. The orders, which remain in effect through September 15, continue to allow outdoor gatherings of no more than 50% of venue capacity, with a maximum of 1,000 people as long as social distancing and increased sanitization measures are in place. Indoor gatherings in a confined space remain limited to 50 persons without restrictions and 250 persons if social distancing and sanitization measures are incorporated. The p...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital staff members: Erin Craft; Lynn Thompson; Tara Henrie; Astrid Peck; Jeri Slover; Jeremiah Cannon; Keristyn Carrell completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Program. The program was supported by the American Heart Association of Colorado and Wyoming. Last month the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) released their list of All-Academic players and for the second year in a row Haley McDermott earned First Team Academic All American honors, achieving a 4.0 grade point average while...
Last week students sat down in the early morning as everyone arrived, ready and prepared, for another year of learning. They had masks ready because of COVID-19 regulations. Many were excited and looking forward to the learning.... Full story
Several parents attended the most recent Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Trustees meeting with concerns and frustrations about information for the start of school not being relayed in a timely manner. The worry was not having enough information to make the decision on whether to send their children to school or home school them in the face of COVID-19. The board said they understood the frustration, but things were out of their hands as far as how soon they could release i...
At the August 18 Thermopolis Town Council meeting Darren Butcher came in front of the council to present an updated request for a revision to the town’s ordinance to make chickens legal within the town’s borders. Butcher has been making his case, along with other allies, for about three years so far. Butcher said he “was originally going to seek a test case scenario within a certain designated property, however, it has already been proven that chickens can be kept in town without being defined a...
Several new teachers have joined Hot Springs County School District this school year. This week we are featuring teachers new to Hot Springs County High School and Thermopolis Middle School. New teachers at Ralph Witters Elementary will be featured in next week’s IR. High school Calder Forcella – (HS Social Studies) - Calder grew up in Greybull where he developed a passion for the outdoors. In his free time he enjoys flyfishing, hunting, golf, and staying active. Calder received his Bachelors Degree from Chadron State College where he maj...
The Primary Election was held Tuesday, August 18 and the results have been made official. In Hot Springs County, 1,645 people cast their vote. Of those, 1,462 are registered as Republican, 162 are registered as Democrat and 21 are registered as Nonpartisan. The Wyoming Senate District 20 race will see Ed Cooper and Theresa Livingston facing off in November for the General Election. In the race for the House District 28 seat, incumbent John Winter will meet Levi Shinkle. Hot Springs County Commissioner incumbent Phillip Scheel may have two...
Parents with boys who have very sturdy bases, also known as big feet, understand the struggle and expense of finding shoes that will fit, especially if those shoes start inching their way into size 18 or 19. Not only are those sizes hard to find, but the larger they are the more expensive they are, too, some dipping into $200 or more per pair. This has been an ongoing problem for Bobcat play-by-play announcer, Hayden Mayne who is well into a size 16. For years, Mayne's former pre-school teacher,... Full story
In the recent Travel and Tourism board meeting held at the Hot Springs County Museum, Director Jackie Dorothy provided some good news in their financial report. The Lodging Tax Distribution check that was posted on June 30, was for $4,301.06. However, for the following month, with the date posted on July 31, the Lodging Tax Distribution was $20,586.05. In Dorothy’s Director’s Report, she said that the budget has been finalized and sent to the state and the county. Dorothy talked about the success of the previous photo contest and proposed a s...
More than 1,600 Thermopolis and Hot Springs County residents came out to cast their ballots on Tuesday in the Primary Election and the unofficial results are in. Of those, nearly 600 were absentee ballots, double what the county normally sees in an election year for President. Starting with our local races, Dusty Lewis (574) and William H. Malloy (461) will be found on the general election ballot for Town Council in November. Brayden Harvey came in at 377 votes. Jack Kuiper (49) and Bonnie... Full story
During a major afternoon rainstorm on Friday, August 7, water poured down through the roof of an old part of Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital that was under construction. The leaked water reached a room where the CT and MRI equipment was. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor was out of town and in her place Nina Landis handled the situation. Landis said, “As you know it rained on Friday and we are in the middle of construction so the roof is being redone and we ended up with a little water in the b...
Each of the schools, Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE), Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) and Hot Springs County High School (HSCHS) have slightly different plans when it comes to the first day of school due to COVID-19, but a letter sent out to parents and guardians on August 14 addressed face covering use at all schools in Hot Springs County School District. The letter advised the district would be requiring face coverings for all students and staff when six foot distance cannot be maintained. The...
A 14-year-old Casper boy’s body was found Friday in the Wind River after he apparently drowned. The boy had been reported missing from a campground in the Wind River Canyon earlier in the day. No foul play is suspected. The Wyoming State Parks Service rangers and the Fremont County Coroner’s Office are investigating the incident. Hot Springs County Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar and department Chaplain Brian Johnson were called to Wind River White Water Rafting to offer mental health and spiritual comfort to employees and guests who witnessed the...
Hot Springs County officially entered a fire ban on July 21 after the county commissioners signed a resolution upon recommendation from the Hot Springs County Fire Warden. Until further notice, any open fire or discharge of any class fireworks is prohibited on all unimproved state and private land within Hot Springs County. There are exceptions, however. Trash or refuse burned between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. must be inside a container equipped with spark arrestors inside a cleared area with at least a 10-foot radius. Charcoal fires are allowed...
